Google Lookout Review: Android's answer to Apple's Seeing A.I.

In this installment of TEC Talk, Cory from Vision Forward leads you through the major functions of the Lookout A.I. app which uses your Android’s camera to provide real-time information about your environment. Our very own Assistive Technology Specialist will demonstrate this app's major uses including OCR/TTS, object identification, product recognition, currency mode and more!

If that sound like it could help you or someone you know stay tuned and learn all about this exciting technology!

0:00 Start
1:32 Text Mode
3:51 Document Mode
7:43 Currency Mode
8:18 Goof
8:40 Currency Demo
9:25 Goof
9:56 Product ID
12:16 Explore
14:15 Wrap Up
14:41 Compatible Devices and Apps
16:13 Wrap Up
17:10 Goof

Lookout is perfect for any Android user seeking to improve their cell phone’s visual assistance toolkit. It is an accessible app which is also compatible with alternative physical phones such as the Blindshell Classic 2. But how does it compare to the iPhone’s Seeing A.I. or other options? Stick around because we are going to size up the competition and offer our thoughts on possible alternatives. Find out how Seeing AI, Supersense and Envision A.I. compare to Lookout so that you can make the choice that's right for you.

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[gailwagner]

Thank you very much I am looking for an app for my neighbor who is quickly going blind I think this will be amazing

[waylee]

I love this app. On my Pixel running Android 13, there's a new images mode, where the app can describe images. I haven't figured out how to use this mode yet lol. I love the food labels mode, because now I can identify my favorite Oreos and ketchup flavored potato chips. No joke, there really is a ketchup flavored potato chip. This app is awesome.

[harpreetthind]

Nice video Cory how come Be My Eyes can’t do this sort of stuff do you have any other apps that are similar to Be My Eyes that can do this kind of stuff I know there’s the envision app but that’s not good enough you know

[jacoblynch]

I have a question if you buy a higher end phone with better cameras, does that help the app function better or does it have very little effect on it?

[LordRosaurus]

I've had this app on two different tablets now, and it hasn't worked on either one. Does it not work on tablets or something?

[Dron]

Recently they added AI to image recognition but I cannot find image mode there... I could found it after changing language of assistant to English but it just describes the image and doesn't allow asking questions about it.

[elishevafreely]

I wish you would have done the last feature which is image. I have found this extremely useful. When I'm on social media and someone has shared a photo and the screen reader does not recognize the text to the end of photo I can send it to look out and it will extract the text and read the image to me, then I can go back and comment or like. If my friend send me a screenshot of a recipe, I can share that photo to look out and it will read the recipe to me. I can then use my edge panel to grab a photo and extract the text and paste it in my recipe note.

[Bruce-wzwg]

Google lookout help me while I was waiting for cataract surgery which was successfully

[OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-znfy]

Google should use other people's cell phones as transponders to ID them.
The APP could then tell you who was around you instead of just saying, "a person."
How hard would that be?
Earbuds would be especially useful with this APP.
With earbuds, no one would be able to hear all the advice your phone was giving you.

[vertyisprobablydead]

What's the point if you're not blind?