Description of App
Introducing Live Assist, the world’s first real-time AI video assistant made for blind and visually impaired users. With just one tap, it helps you find objects, read text, navigate unfamiliar places, and understand your surroundings instantly. Simple, fast, and reliable, Live Assist gives you greater freedom and independence every day.
ScribeMe is your all in one AI-powered assistant for making documents and images fully accessible. Instantly scan PowerPoints and PDFs, and the app automatically preserves formatting by labeling headings, lists, and tables—while generating detailed alt text to make your files 100% accessible. With advanced OCR in over 50 languages, ScribeMe extracts text with high accuracy and even lets you ask AI questions about your documents, from quick summaries to deep insights.
With Snap nScribe, you can take photos using your camera or choose from your gallery to receive detailed descriptions of product labels, surroundings, and more. Upload multiple images at once for fast, thorough results, and ask follow-up questions on any photo. You can also share documents or photos directly from other apps to ScribeMe, giving you instant AI-powered assistance for reading, understanding, and exploring content with ease.
The latest update offers You can now share your screen to Live Assist and the AI can describe whats on your
screen whether you are scrolling on facebook, instagram or other apps, ScribeMe is right there with you describing everything. Since ScribeMe is a realtime video, you can scroll through facebook and instagram stories and the app will describe each photo automatically as you scroll. You can also scroll through your photo gallery and it will describe each image to you. It does not stop here because you can also navigate inaccessible websites since ScribeMe can see what voiceover is focused on and it caan guide you step by step. Plese note that ScribeMe might stop when you play a video with share screen on due to apple restrictions. Lastly there are 5 new languages that ScribeMe now supports which are Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, and japaneese.
Comments
Needed for a long time
I tried the app and I have to admit, it’s impressive. I have been looking for something to make documents accessible for a long time
1.6.2
Version 1.6.2 Added the German and Hindi language App for describing images.
Latest update allows you to ask questions to AI
The latest update adds the ability to ask questions about the uploaded documents. I noticed it is no longer possible to turn the sound off when scanning a file, I hope they will bring that back as I would strongly prefer the ability to turn it off.
Microphone does not work for some reason
In the live assist feature when I try to connect to it, it reads out what it sees but then when I try to ask it a question about what it sees nothing is spoken back to me, so I’m wondering if the microphone is not working in this app
Live Assist not useable with braille
I know mmost people aren't interested, but for those who are, I regret to inform you that the Live Assist function is not accessible for braille users. I also tried Live Captions without any joy. It's my hope that there will be consideration given to separating the subscriptions of Live Assist and the file conversion for text, as $20 a month is too hefty for me to justify when I'm not able to use half of the features. All that said, I'm very happy that people are having success with the app and that development continues for audio users.
App no longer in app store
Does anyone know what happened to this app? It's no longer available in the App Store for download.
Looks like it’s gone
Could be wrong but it seems like someone’s pulled the plug on it. hopefully I’m wrong but I hope it comes back.
Apple removed it for some reason
The developer has contacted Apple to try and understand why they removed the app. Hopefully, they will be able to fix the situation.
Update
Hey all I had just saw this update from the developer on Facebook. I copied and pasted it from the developers post:
Mark Morad:
I want to share some updates regarding ScribeMe’s removal from the App Store.
After losing my eyesight, I experienced firsthand the struggles that blind and visually impaired people go through every day. That is what inspired me to create ScribeMe to help people study, access visual information, and live more independently.
Over the years, I also spent thousands of hours building and improving ScribeMe to create something that could genuinely make a difference in people’s lives. We worked hard not only to build an app, but to raise the bar for accessibility and innovation.
ScribeMe became the first app in the world to make PowerPoint presentations and PDFs fully accessible by describing visual content such as images, charts, and graphs for blind and visually impaired users. We were also the first to launch Live Assist ,a live AI feature that continuously describes a user’s surroundings in real time as the scene changes, helping people navigate and understand the world around them more independently.
Recently, my Apple Developer account was terminated without any warnings or further notice, which resulted in ScribeMe being removed from the App Store.
This came as a huge shock to us because we always worked hard to follow all guidelines and build something that truly helps people. ScribeMe was never just an app, it was built from personal experience, dedication, and a real need for accessibility.
We truly believe this may have been a mistake, especially since many app removals are handled automatically. We are still trying to understand what happened and hoping the situation can be reviewed properly.
To everyone who supported ScribeMe, used it, shared feedback, or relied on it in daily life, thank you.
Your support means more than you know, and we will continue doing our best to fight for accessibility and independent access to information for blind and visually impaired people.
If you would like to support us, we made a post on the Apple Developer Forum and will leave the link below. It would mean a lot if you could share how ScribeMe has helped you or how you use it in your daily life by leaving a comment or creating a post there.
You can also help by sharing this post on your feed so more people can see what happened and support accessibility technology that truly makes a difference. Our hope is that this helps show how important ScribeMe is to its users and how many people rely on it every day.
Developer Forum Link?
Not showing here. Curious minds would like to know what their take was.
Oh, well. I had considered trying it and couldn't find it either; glad it wasn't just me. Jonathan Mosen covered it on Access On very recently, though.