EchoEyes: AI Vision Assistance for Blind & Low-Vision Users
👁️ See the World Through AI
EchoEyes is an AI-powered accessibility tool for blind and low-vision users.
With simple microgestures, understand surroundings, read text, detect danger, and navigate with spatial audio—hands-free and intuitive.
🎯 Key Features
✋ Microgesture Controls
No buttons—just tiny thumb motions to control everything one-handed.
👂 Real-Time Environment Understanding
Instant audio descriptions of people, objects, and details around you.
🔤 Text Recognition
Swipe to read signs, labels, screens, and documents instantly.
⚠️ Danger Detection
Immediate alerts when hazards are detected ahead or behind you.
🦯 EchoRay: Virtual Guide Cane
Turn your hand into a spatial audio guide cane. Through MR, EchoRay transforms surfaces into 3D sound—closer obstacles sound louder. Navigate by listening, like a white cane.
✋ How It Works
- Scan surroundings → Thumb Tap
- Left / Right Swipe → Read text
- Detect danger → Forward / Backward Swipe
- EchoRay → Pinch & Hold 3 sec
Raise thumb beside index finger, tap or slide. EchoRay: pinch and hold. Both hands work independently.
💎 Benefits
- Independence: Move confidently anywhere.
- Safety: Real-time hazard awareness.
- Spatial Awareness: Sense obstacles with 3D audio.
🌟 Perfect For
- Blind and low-vision users
- Those with gradual vision loss
- Anyone needing environmental awareness