Envision Enhances Its Range of Smart Glasses For Blind and Low-Vision Communities - Making Them More Accessible For Everyone

Envision, the award-winning assistive technology innovator, announced that it is further enhancing the accessibility of its smart glasses for the blind and low-vision communities by introducing two new editions to serve the different needs of its users. Aiming to bring innovative assistive technology to people with low vision or blindness, the new editions offer the same hardware and form factor* as the original Envision smartglasses but provide a choice of feature sets at a range of price points. New editions will be available from January 26 from the Envision web store.

Through its app and smartglasses, Envision gives people the ability to live their daily lives a little more independently, specifically enabling those who are blind or have low vision to read, identify people and objects and make hands-free video calls to people they trust.

In 2022, Envision accelerated its mission to make the world more accessible by taking the radical step to make its app free for everyone, reducing the price of the Envision Glasses, and partnering with AIRA, a professional visual interpretation service.

Now with over 200,000 Envisioners around the world, Envision is taking its mission to the next level by providing even greater choice and flexibility on how people can purchase and use its revolutionary smart glasses. After adding two new editions to its range and renaming its original edition, Envision makes it possible for those with low vision or blindness to now select a device and feature set that works best for them – from a simpler, Read Edition that offers a range of features that focuses on the need to read and scan text through to a professional edition that offers a complete feature set, including read technology, scanning, camera, and video calls as well as free feature updates and maintenance for the lifetime of the glasses.

Envision's new product portfolio also brings scalability; Envision is offering its users the flexibility to upgrade its edition when and if the need for additional feature sets occurs. Users will be able to upgrade from a lower edition to a higher edition, from the Read Edition to the Home Edition, and from the Home Edition to the Professional Edition, as well as from the Read edition to the Professional Edition directly. All upgrades can be done efficiently and securely by purchasing an Upgrade Module from the Envision App or Envision webshop.

These new editions also allow for constant improvements to them through software updates. All editions will benefit from free 'Maintenance Updates,' which are software updates that provide incremental maintenance and security additions, bug fixes, performance enhancements, and stability improvements. New features and functionality will be provided through 'Feature Updates,' which are available for an annual subscription of $199 for the Read and Home Edition of Envision Glasses. A lifetime subscription to Feature Updates is included with the purchase of the Professional Edition of Envision Glasses.

With varying price points that range from $1899 (US Dollar) for the Read Edition to $3,499 (US Dollar)** for the Professional Edition, users can opt for a device that suits their budget. The three Envision Glasses editions include the following:

Envision Glasses: Read Edition: Retail Price - $1,899 (US Dollar)

All Envision Glasses reading features - Instant Text, Scan Text, Batch Scan

Maintenance and security updates
1-year subscription to feature updates and new functionality
1-year warranty
Includes Titanium Frames

Envision Glasses: Home Edition: Retail Price - $2,499 (US Dollar)

All Envision Glasses reading features plus: Call an Ally, Call Aira, Describe Scene, Detect Light, Recognise Cash, Detect Colors, Find People, Find Objects, Teach a Face and Explore
Maintenance and security updates
1-year subscription to feature updates and new functionality
1-year warranty

Includes Titanium Frames

Envision Glasses: Professional Edition: Retail Price - $3,499 (US Dollar)

All Envision Glasses features: Instant Text, Scan Text, Batch Scan, Call an Ally, Call Aira, Describe Scene, Detect Light, Recognise Cash, Detect Colors, Find People, Find Objects, Teach a Face and Explore
Maintenance and security updates

A lifetime subscription to unlimited feature updates and new functionality
2-year warranty
Lightweight Titanium frames
Fashionable Lux Frames

"Accessibility of Envision is as much about making it as easy as possible for people to buy our products as it is about usability. With the introduction of the new Editions of the Envision Glasses, we enable people to more easily tap into subsidies, grants, and reimbursement options available to them. 2022 was a big year for Envision as we experienced growth across the whole company, with many new partnerships and a host of new features on both the glasses and the app. We really want 2023 to extend that growth further; we believe that the new editions will enable more people to use the products in their workplace and at home " concluded Karthik Mahadevan, Envision's CEO and Co-founder.

Envision Glasses Editions will be available to the public from January 26, 2023 Editions directly from Envision and via its global distributor network.  

* Hardware is Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2

** Excluding VAT

Envision builds assistive tech and services to help more of us navigate everyday information for ourselves. By harnessing the power of AI, Envision products enable anyone with low or no vision to interact with the world around them on their own terms, creating possibility, access, and inclusivity. Envision has over 200,000 customers globally and is the winner of the AppleViz Golden Apple Award (2022) and the Google Play Award for Best Accessibility App (2019). Founded in 2017, Envision is located in The Hague, Netherlands.