AI vision assistant for blind and low-vision people
Beamfy describes your surroundings, reads printed text aloud and reads you walking routes. It's made for VoiceOver and TalkBack.
Free to download. 7 days of full access, then 5 free descriptions or readings every day.
Beamfy assists you. It doesn't replace your cane, your guide dog or your own judgment.
Careful: there's a step down about one meter ahead. Beyond it, a pedestrian crossing. On your right, a café with its door open. I can't read the sign above the door clearly.
Illustrative example. Real answers depend on your photo.
Three steps. You don't need to look at the screen.
Open Beamfy, hold up your phone and press the large button. Beamfy takes a photo of what's in front of you.
The photo is sent securely and analyzed by AI. Possible hazards come first, and Beamfy says plainly when it isn't sure.
You hear the answer in your language. Take another photo whenever you want to know more.
Everyday tasks, done by voice. Each one comes with its limits, stated plainly.
Take a photo and hear what's there and where it is: doors, steps, furniture, people, objects. Possible hazards come first. When Beamfy isn't sure, it tells you instead of guessing.
You're in a hallway. Careful: a chair is in the middle of the floor, about two steps ahead. There's a door at the end on the left. I can't tell if it's open.
Signs, labels, letters and menus. Beamfy reads the words exactly as they're written. Need them in another language? Ask for a translation.
The label says: Whole milk. 1 liter. Best before October 14.
Say or type where you want to go. Beamfy finds the place and reads you the walking route, step by step, before you set off. It's a preview, not live guidance: it doesn't follow your position as you walk, and it doesn't detect obstacles.
Central Library, about 650 meters away. Step 1: head north on Park Street for 200 meters.
Real screens from the Beamfy app on iPhone, shown in English.
Labeled buttons, spoken results and a large main button. Use Beamfy with the screen reader you already know, on iPhone or Android.
The app and its answers are available in 74 languages. Answers are read aloud by your phone's built-in voices, so which languages can be spoken depends on your device.
AI can make mistakes. Use Beamfy as one more source of information, alongside your cane, your guide dog, other mobility aids and your own judgment, especially near traffic, stairs, platforms or water. Beamfy is not a medical device.
SOS alerts a person you trust. It's free for everyone, always, with or without Premium.
After you press SOS, Beamfy counts down for 10 seconds. One tap on Cancel stops it, so a press by mistake sends nothing.
Beamfy sends a text message to the emergency contact you chose in the app, with your location when your phone can share it.
Beamfy then offers to dial your local emergency number for you. Making that call is up to you.
Add your emergency contact in the app: Settings, then Emergency contact.
Helping someone get started with Beamfy? Here's what to know.
Help install Beamfy and choose the app language together. Then add yourself as the emergency contact: if they press SOS, the text with their location comes to you.
Beamfy can be one more tool in training: describing a scene, reading print and previewing a walking route before a trip. It doesn't replace cane or guide dog skills, and it doesn't guide a route live.
Introducing Beamfy to the people you support? Write to us at [email protected]. We're glad to answer questions and to hear what would help.
What happens to your photos and your data. The full details are in our privacy policy.
Photos are sent encrypted to our servers and then to an AI provider to be analyzed: OpenAI, or Anthropic as a backup. Beamfy doesn't store your photos. The AI providers may keep request data for a limited time to check for abuse, under their own policies.
Descriptions, recognized text and the approximate location attached to a request are kept for 30 days at most, then deleted. If you delete your account, they're deleted straight away.
Beamfy doesn't recognize faces and doesn't process biometric data.
Your location is sent only when you use SOS or navigation.
Voice input is handled by Apple's or Google's speech recognition, on your phone where it supports this. Beamfy doesn't store audio.
No cookies, no tracking and no analytics.
This website aims to meet WCAG 2.2 at level AA. We keep improving the accessibility of the app, and we want to hear about anything that gets in your way: [email protected].
Start for free. Pay only if you need more than 5 a day.
$0 to download
$4.99 per month
$39.99 per year
About $3.33 a month
Yes, Beamfy is free to download. After you sign up, you get 7 days of full access. After that, you can use 5 descriptions or readings every day for free, or choose Premium for unlimited use. SOS is always free.
Premium is unlimited for normal use. To keep the service fair for everyone, daily fair-use limits apply: 300 descriptions or readings a day with Premium, and 60 a day during the 7 days of full access after you sign up. Without Premium, you get 5 a day for free. Daily allowances reset at midnight, your local time.
No. Beamfy gives you extra information from a photo, and AI can make mistakes. Keep using your cane, your guide dog or other mobility aids, and your own judgment.
Yes. Beamfy is made to be used with VoiceOver on iPhone and TalkBack on Android. If something doesn't work well with your screen reader, please tell us at [email protected].
The app and its answers are available in 74 languages. Answers are read aloud by the voices built into your phone. If your phone has no voice for your language, you may be able to add one in your phone's settings.
They're sent encrypted to our servers and then to an AI provider to be analyzed: OpenAI, or Anthropic as a backup. Beamfy doesn't store your photos. The text of the answer is kept for 30 days at most, then deleted.
No. When you press SOS, Beamfy counts down for 10 seconds, then texts your location to the emergency contact you chose in the app. It then offers to dial your local emergency number, but you make that call yourself.
Beamfy reads you the walking route step by step before you set off. It doesn't follow your position as you walk, and it doesn't detect obstacles.
No. Descriptions, reading and walking routes need an internet connection, over mobile data or Wi-Fi.
No. Beamfy doesn't do face recognition and doesn't process biometric data.
Yes. Help them install it on their own phone, sign in and choose their language. If they agree, add yourself as their emergency contact so that their SOS text reaches you.
No. Beamfy is an everyday assistance app. It isn't a medical device and doesn't diagnose, treat or monitor any condition.
In the app, go to Settings, then Delete account. You can also email [email protected] from the address you signed up with. Deleting your account doesn't cancel a subscription: cancel it in your App Store or Google Play settings.
For iPhone and Android. Free to download, with 7 days of full access.