RightHear - Blind Assistant
For Blind & Visually Impaired
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
RightHear is a virtual accessibility assistant that helps people understand where they are and what’s around them – in both new and familiar places.
We’re here to empower individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or face orientation challenges to navigate independently, confidently, and on their own terms – anytime, anywhere.
more • Live green badge on detected markers, beacons, GPS, and Around Me cards
• Dismiss option added to spot and card action menus
• Smarter TTS - no interruptions during user-triggered playback, mixed-language support
• Russian language support added
• VoiceOver and accessibility improvements
• Minor UI and localization updates
6.6.0 6 days ago
• Control Markers Scanning, Around Me Places, and Last Seen from a new Features settings page
• Improved sync reliability and database performance for faster, more stable operation
• Performance, stability, and UI improvements
6.5.0 26 Jul
• Navigate directly to a spot using your camera with real-time guidance and haptic feedback
• Open any location in Maps, Google Maps, Waze, Moovit, Uber, and more
• Choose your preferred app language with matched voice announcements
• Play and stop announcements directly from each spot card
• Performance and stability improvements
6.4.0 21 May
• Enhanced VoiceOver accessibility with smarter focus, clearer announcements, and improved navigation
• Added Dynamic Type support for better readability across the app
• Smarter spot detection with improved direction tracking and Last Seen history for offline spots
• More flexible location search
• Performance and stability improvements
6.3.0 6 May
• Improved location experience with smarter background updates and clearer permission guidance
• Enhanced the Around Me experience with richer place details and better organization of nearby information
• Added support for public transport information, including bus stops and routes (where available)
• Improved accessibility with better VoiceOver guidance and interaction clarity
• General performance improvements, bug fixes, and stability enhancements
6.2.0 25 Mar
• Enhanced VoiceOver navigation and accessibility interactions
• Improved Hebrew localization and overall language experience
• General usability improvements, bug fixes, and stability enhancements
6.1.0 13 Mar
• Fully redesigned user interface - cleaner, faster, and more intuitive
• Enhanced user location detection - now supports GPS, Bluetooth beacons, and RightHear markers
• Improved accessibility support and VoiceOver enhancements
• Performance improvements and stability fixes
6.0.0 26 Feb
Minor bug fixes
5.0.4 29/07/2025
What’s New & Improved:
• [IMP] Integrated RightHear API v2 – data optimizations, faster syncsand and improved security
• [IMP] Renamed settings:
• “Indoor Mode” → Beacon Scanning
• “Outdoor Mode” → GPS Scanning
• [IMP] Updated main screen modes:
• “Indoor Mode” (blue bar) → Spot
• “Outdoor Mode” (green bar) → GPS
• [IMP] Soft integration with Markers AI – now available via the Lens options
• [IMP] Content languages list is now sorted alphabetically
• [IMP] Spot screen now displays the Spot ID instead of major/minor values
• [IMP] GPS Scanning now auto-disables when a beacon is detected, with user notification and a 30-minute reactivation suggestion
• [ADD] Support for 9 new languages: Lithuanian, Malay, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Danish, and Slovenian.
Fixes:
• [FIX] General bug fixes and stability updates
5.0.3 13/05/2025
What’s New & Improved:
• [IMP] Integrated RightHear API v2 – data optimizations, faster syncsand and improved security
• [IMP] Renamed settings:
• “Indoor Mode” → Beacon Scanning
• “Outdoor Mode” → GPS Scanning
• [IMP] Updated main screen modes:
• “Indoor Mode” (blue bar) → Spot
• “Outdoor Mode” (green bar) → GPS
• [IMP] Soft integration with Markers AI – now available via the Lens options
• [IMP] Content languages list is now sorted alphabetically
• [IMP] Spot screen now displays the Spot ID instead of major/minor values
• [IMP] GPS Scanning now auto-disables when a beacon is detected, with user notification and a 30-minute reactivation suggestion
• [ADD] Support for 9 new languages: Lithuanian, Malay, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Danish, and Slovenian.
Fixes:
• [FIX] General bug fixes and stability updates
5.0.2 06/05/2025
What’s New & Improved:
• [IMP] Integrated RightHear API v2 – data optimizations, faster syncsand and improved security
• [IMP] Renamed settings:
• “Indoor Mode” → Beacon Scanning
• “Outdoor Mode” → GPS Scanning
• [IMP] Updated main screen modes:
• “Indoor Mode” (blue bar) → Spot
• “Outdoor Mode” (green bar) → GPS
• [IMP] Soft integration with Markers AI – now available via the Lens options
• [IMP] Content languages list is now sorted alphabetically
• [IMP] Spot screen now displays the Spot ID instead of major/minor values
• [IMP] GPS Scanning now auto-disables when a beacon is detected, with user notification and a 30-minute reactivation suggestion
• [ADD] Support for 9 new languages: Lithuanian, Malay, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Danish, and Slovenian.
Fixes:
• [FIX] General bug fixes and stability updates
5.0.1 18/04/2025
What’s New & Improved:
• [IMP] Integrated RightHear API v2 – data optimizations, faster syncsand and improved security
• [IMP] Renamed settings:
• “Indoor Mode” → Beacon Scanning
• “Outdoor Mode” → GPS Scanning
• [IMP] Updated main screen modes:
• “Indoor Mode” (blue bar) → Spot
• “Outdoor Mode” (green bar) → GPS
• [IMP] Soft integration with Markers AI – now available via the Lens options
• [IMP] Content languages list is now sorted alphabetically
• [IMP] Spot screen now displays the Spot ID instead of major/minor values
• [IMP] GPS Scanning now auto-disables when a beacon is detected, with user notification and a 30-minute reactivation suggestion
• [ADD] Support for 9 new languages: Lithuanian, Malay, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Danish, and Slovenian.
Fixes:
• [FIX] General bug fixes and stability updates
5.0.0 17/04/2025
Bugfix and improvements
4.2.1 30/04/2024
Improvements:
• Enhanced initial data synchronization speed
• Real-time updates to spot content
• Option to delete local database
• Deactivation of the 'around me' feature if compass accuracy is low
• Direct view of selected user languages in the main settings page
• Various general enhancements
Fixes:
• Resolved frequent, obstructive expired spot alerts
• Excluded deactivated locations from the nearby locations list
• Excluded deactivated spots from the nearby spots list
• Significantly reduced app crashes through refactoring
• Various general fixes
4.2.0 25/12/2023
Improvements:
• VoiceOver headers declarations
• Remove redundant notification types
• Sync percentage status on the settings page
• General improvements
Fixes:
• Navigation search not being clickable
• General spot info was not displaying correctly
• Sync error resulting in a crash
• General fixes
4.1.1 09/11/2023
New:
• Unlock Locations (Beta)
Improvements:
• Sections colors, borders, and labels
• System status bar
• Continuous sync progress status
• Rearrange Settings page
• Other general improvements
Fixes:
• Nearby stations (public transportation data)
• Detection after initial sync
• Localizations texts
• Other general bug fixes
4.1.0 11/10/2023
Fixes:
• Fixed a localization issue.
• General bug fixes.
4.0.7 27/12/2022
Improvements:
• Fixed an issue where recordings wouldn't play back automatically.
• Increased minimum recording accuracy to 15 meters.
Fixes:
• General bug fixes.
4.0.6 15/11/2022
Minor bugfix and improvements
4.0.5 07/09/2022
Minor bugfix and improvements
4.0.4 26/08/2022
Minor bugfix and improvements
4.0.3 11/08/2022
Fixes:
- Minor bugs.
4.0.2 12/05/2022
Fixes:
- Major bug causing syncing of RightHear locations to not work properly.
4.0.1 22/05/2021
ATTENTION: This is a mandatory update to ensure the full functionality of your app. Please update.
New:
- New robust server (Azure).
Fixes:
- Fix the icon of BeMyEyes app.
4.0.0 16/05/2021
New:
- Add dark mode support.
- Add app tutorials videos.
- Add trains info on stations tabs.
Improvements:
- Improve app icon.
- Improve language flags resolution.
- Improve text colors contrast for visually impaired.
- Improve settings presentation - hide/show i/relevant buttons.
- Improve expired spot alert - include location name.
Fixes:
- Fix RH locations and Stations lists was sometimes empty.
- Fix simulated location was sometimes wrong.
- Fix Around Me button to not indicate POIs of turned off categories.
- Fix last data sync button was not updating manually/automatically.
- Fix crash on iPad when clicking the distance units button.
- Fix major crashes.
- Fix minor bugs.
3.7.1 10/02/2021
• Live green badge on detected markers, beacons, GPS, and Around Me cards
• Dismiss option added to spot and card action menus
• Smarter TTS - no interruptions during user-triggered playback, mixed-language support
• Russian language support added
• VoiceOver and accessibility improvements
• Minor UI and localization updates
more Version 6.6.0 6 days ago
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