Lookout - Assisted vision

Google LLC

About this app

Lookout uses computer vision and generative AI to assist people with low vision or blindness get things done faster and more easily. Using your phone's camera, Lookout makes it easier to get more information about the world around you and do daily tasks more efficiently like reading text & documents, sorting mail, putting away groceries, and more.
Built in collaboration with the blind and low-vision community, Lookout supports Google's mission to make the world's information universally accessible to everyone.
Lookout offers seven modes:
• Text: Scan text and hear it read aloud while doing things like sorting mail and reading signs, using Text mode.
• Documents: Capture a whole page of text or handwriting using Documents mode. Available in over 30 languages.
• Explore: Identify objects, people, and text in surroundings using Explore mode.
• Currency: Identify banknotes quickly and reliably using Currency mode, with support for US Dollars, Euros, and Indian Rupees.
• Food labels: Identify packaged foods by their label or barcodes using Food labels mode. Available in over 20 countries.
• Find: Scan surroundings to find objects like doors, bathrooms, cups, vehicles, and more using Find mode. Find mode can also tell you the direction and distance to the object, depending on device capabilities.
• Images: Capture, describe, and ask questions about an image using Images mode. Image descriptions in English only. Image Question & Answer in US, UK, and Canada only.
Lookout is available in more than 30 languages, and runs on devices with Android 6 and above. Devices with 2GB or more RAM are recommended.
Learn more about Lookout in the Help Center:
https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9031274

Ratings and reviews

This app is definitely worth five stars. However, when it leaves out half a paragraph to half a page , I think there's a problem. Needs work, but is better the most apps out there. I can hardly wait for an update. Additional edit. This app is heading towards to Stars very quickly! It moves text around! please fix it!!

It's not working at all. The camera/image keeps freezing for several seconds at a time. I can hear a low clicking sound coming from the camera while the image is frozen.

Not that bad.. It can't identify colours, for example, when it sees a red back or colored object it supposed to identify the colors of that object too..

What's new

• Capture photos in Images mode for AI-powered descriptions, available globally in English. Try Image Question & Answer, available in US, UK & Canada.
• Find nearby objects like doors, bathrooms, and cups using Find mode.
• Get improved text accuracy in Text, Documents, and Images mode.