visor - low vision magnifier

Christian Illies

About this app

Enlarge difficult to read text by 3 magnification levels and change contrast to 5 different viewing modes. Optionally, turn on the LED flash of your device to help you see better in low-light conditions.
Visor supports VoiceOver with TalkBack in German and English.

During the day, there is a lot printed text to read: restaurant menus, price tags, the newspaper, letters or photos from your loved ones — visor zooms and improves the contrast of whatever you want to see. Its advanced color modes and simple interface are made for giving you the best possible perception of printed text on your screen like you'd expect it from a handheld electronic magnifier.

‣ 3 magnification levels
The 3 magnification levels of visor are easily accessible anytime with the touch of a button. After closing the app, visor remembers the last selected magnification level and contrast mode.

‣ 5 different color modes
Many visually impaired people suffer from dazzling effects when reading dark characters on a light background. Visor avoids these effects by providing 5 color modes: white text on dark background, real color mode, contrast enhancement, yellow text on blue background and blue text on yellow background.

‣ Manual focus, Autofocus & LED light
Manual focus gives more control over the text you want to read. Simply tap the screen and visor focuses the targeted text. Tap and hold to switch to Autofocus. Turn on the LED light to make text crystal clear even in low light conditions.

‣ Freeze the image, enhance contrast and save or share the picture without having to hold the camera pointing at the subject

‣ Tested by people with visual impairments
Visor was developed in close cooperation with visually impaired people. We are always grateful for any suggestions and requests for improvement.

Ratings and reviews

This app is great. No ads, no data collected. Opens quickly with no splash screen (thank you so much for that!) Cool contrast modes. The only problem is that it forces landscape mode on a Moto g (maybe all phones?) I keep auto rotate turned off and have to turn it on to get my phone back to portrait after using the app. This is the only magnfier I've seen that does that. A portrait-landscape toggle in settings would get 5 stars for my use case.

Wonderful easy to use app. Easy reading and easy to use on screen buttons. Autofocus and choice of easy text colours. Also camera function and one button access to pictures of text taken. Overall the best magnifying app I've used Thank you Visor for making this app.

This is a fabulous app. I have a Samsung S8. The close-ups are amazing, and you have better control with focus with this one than any I've tried in the past. I wish I could upload a picture to show you. I have a drip coming off of a plant and you can see the leaves behind it inside the drip in perfect focus. My only request is that I have control over which folder the pictures go into, but it's not inconvenient enough to drop the star rating. Highly recommend you give this a try.

What’s new

Version 3.0

• Faster, smoother live preview with a sharper image
• New zoom slider for precise magnification
• More stable image orientation when rotating your phone
• Highest preview resolution enabled by default
• Redesigned controls: zoom, contrast, and torch easier to reach
• Improved screen reader (TalkBack) support
• Optimized for the latest Android devices