Microsoft describes Seeing AI as a free app that narrates the world around you, designed for the blind and low vision community. The app's core steps are task-based channels: read text, describe scenes, identify products, and translate camera input into speech. Benefit: reduced dependence for everyday tasks like reading labels and short text. Lesson: accessibility impact scales when a tool is free, mobile, and structured around real user goals.
Many daily environments remain text- and vision-dependent. Seeing AI addresses that gap by turning visual information into audio in the moment, which can reduce friction and fatigue for blind and low-vision users. The risk to avoid is overtrust: AI outputs can be wrong, so UX should support confidence cues and quick retries. Call to action: if you ship AI helpers, design for transparency, error recovery, and user control, not magic.
Join "Resonate", my weekly series that puts the best examples, tips, and insights for designing products that resonate with everyone, everywhere.
Join The Newsletter