Screen Reader vs OCR App: How to Read PDFs and Printed Documents
Learn how screen readers and OCR differ for blind and low vision users: accessible PDFs, scanned pages, printed documents and a Lumyeye Pro iPhone demo.
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By the Lumyeye Pro teamChoosing a Phone for Visually Impaired Seniors: Buttons, Voice and Visual Assistance
Choosing a phone for a visually impaired senior? Compare tactile buttons, screen readers, voice assistance, camera tasks and support before buying.
By the Lumyeye Pro teamWhite Cane Awareness Day: Where Visual AI Can Help—and Its Limits
For White Cane Awareness Day on October 15, explore visual AI for blind users: reading, object search and distance cues that complement mobility skills.
By the Lumyeye Pro teamiPhone LiDAR distance cues for blind users: spoken and beep modes
For blind and low vision users exploring iPhone assistive technology, this English Lumyeye Pro video compares a spoken distance estimate with audible proximity feedback on a compatible LiDAR-equipped iPhone.
By Alban ClochetFind objects by voice: Indoor Vision for blind and low vision users
Looking for an object-finding app for blind or low vision users? This English iPhone recording shows Lumyeye Pro Indoor Vision searching for a black bag after target confirmation, with spoken guidance in a café setting.
By Alban ClochetDocument scanning for blind users: scan and save by voice
This iPhone demonstration follows an accessible document scanning workflow for blind and low vision users: capture a page, prepare a text message and save the document to iCloud with a spoken file name.
By Alban ClochetLumyeye Pro: an app for blind users launches US social channels
Lumyeye Pro is an accessible voice assistant app for people who are blind or have low vision. Its English social channels introduce US audiences to three videos: a welcome, questions about a menu, and finding a nearby café to call.
By Alban ClochetRead menus and find cafés by voice: an app for blind users
For blind and low vision users looking for an accessible menu-reading app, these two English videos show concrete iPhone tasks: ask questions about a photographed menu, then find a nearby café and request a call by voice.
By Alban ClochetLumyeye Pro featured by Intelligence-Artificielle.com
The publication highlights Vision Intérieure, Vision Live, and public transport information.
By Alban ClochetLumyeye Pro is now available on Android
Google Play, TalkBack, Android 9+, four languages, and 40 free requests: everything you need to know about the launch.
Read article →Lumyeye Pro now works with VIVE Eagle smart glasses
Press the button on the left temple, ask out loud, and hear the answer through the glasses while your phone stays in your pocket.
Read article →The story of Lumyeye, told on the Oxytude podcast
Creation, early successes, doubts, and what comes next: Alban Clochet shares the story behind Lumyeye and Lumyeye Pro.
Read article →Mother's Day: caring for a parent with low vision
Four women describe the realities of family caregiving, the challenges they face, and the tools that can genuinely lighten everyday life.
Read article →Cannes 2026: audio description and accessible cinema
While Cannes puts images in the spotlight, audio description asks a quieter question: how can everyone choose and experience a movie?
Read article →2026 Poetry Spring: poetry in braille and audio
Poetry finds new life through braille and AI-powered reading as a French literary festival celebrates the bridge between tradition and innovation.
Read article →Blindness and remote work: 2026 accommodations, rights, and tools
A practical review of workplace accommodations, supported equipment, and software that makes remote work more accessible to blind employees.
Read article →World Red Cross Day: supporting blind people in conflict zones
How the Red Cross and its partners organize evacuation, orientation, and access to care for blind people in conflict zones.
Read article →Cataract surgery: one patient's recovery after Easter
A first-person account covering the week before surgery, the procedure itself, and 30 days of recovery, with practical advice throughout.
Read article →2026 Paris Marathon: blind runners and their guides
Three runner-guide teams describe their training, their partnership, and their 26.2-mile journey through Paris.
Read article →World Health Day: preventing avoidable vision impairment
A guide to the causes of avoidable vision loss, prevention measures, and the public-health commitments shaping 2026.
Read article →Easter chocolate: identifying boxed eggs without sight
Tactile sorting, homemade markers, and voice descriptions can make an unlabeled box of Easter chocolates much easier to enjoy.
Read article →Spring allergies and low vision: what you need to know
Eye allergies can make existing low vision harder to manage. Learn the symptoms, treatments, and useful seasonal precautions.
Read article →Audio-described cinema: the 2026 Lumière Festival lineup
The program, equipped theaters, and the growing role of AI in producing audio-description tracks for this French film festival.
Read article →World Glaucoma Day: screening, prevention, and support
Understand risk factors, examinations to discuss with an eye-care professional, and tools that can help as glaucoma progresses.
Read article →International Women's Day: why AMD affects more women
Life expectancy, hormones, and delayed screening all matter when examining why women represent nearly two-thirds of people with AMD.
Read article →SilverEco 2026: seniors facing vision loss
A report on conference discussions, new accessibility tools, and support services for adults over 60 who are losing vision.
Read article →Valentine's Day for couples affected by blindness
Three couples share their traditions, gift ideas, and practical ways to make the evening memorable when one partner is blind.
Read article →Winter and low vision: why reduced light makes vision loss harder
Lower winter light can make reading and travel harder for people with low vision. Understand why, and the practical steps that can help.
Read article →World Braille Day: Louis Braille, 200 years later
Two centuries after its invention, braille remains essential while voice technology and accessibility AI create new ways to read.
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