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AI for Hearing and Vision Help
Live captions, magnifier modes, and AI describe-the-scene features can make daily life easier without buying anything new.
Adults & Professionals · Tools Literacy · ~4 min read
Built-in helpers you may not know about
Most modern phones have AI-powered accessibility features already on board. You do not need to download anything new — just turn them on.
Hearing aids inside your phone
- Live Captions (Android): turns any audio playing on the phone into typed words on screen.
- Live Listen with AirPods (iPhone): your phone becomes a microphone for the room.
- Captions in FaceTime, Zoom, and Google Meet: turn on real-time captions during calls.
Vision helpers
- Magnifier (iPhone or Android): camera-based zoom for menus, labels, prescriptions.
- VoiceOver / TalkBack: the phone reads the screen out loud.
- Be My Eyes (free app): an AI describes a photo for you, or connects you with a sighted volunteer.
Key terms in this lesson
The big idea: the help is already on your device. You just have to flip the switch.
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