Rodney Mumford 729
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
I have been using this app for a while now, and I love what It does. Reading denominations on money is great. Reading the tiny print they use in product manuals (pamphlets) is impossible these days, so I usually take a picture and then blow it up so I can read it. This app has put an end to that. I are hold it up for a second, and it starts reading. You don't even have to keep it on the page once it starts reading My problem, the explore mode won't shut up. I can't find the setting for slow
Julie Brandon 1
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
There's a very serious bug. For the voice announcements, it would appear that Lookout uses Android's accessibility audio stream, which uses a separate volume slider and controls. Unfortunately, Lookout doesn't enable access to these separate volume controls, so if it's not right, you can't change it! The only workaround is to, at least temporarily, enable the use of another accessibility service that *does* reveal the controls for the speech volume, such as TalkBack or Select to Speak.
Navex47 5
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
I wanted this to read subtitles on the TV. Quite useless for this as it is continually announcing "No text in view" and, when it does find something it gives a loud click before reading it. You cannot turn these features off so useless for what could have been wonderful for someone with partial sight loss. I also feel it is a bit too slow reading for UK TV subtitles. Edited
Vincent Trichon 64
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Would be great if it could also tell the colors especially if the color of the object is simple (e.g. a black chair) or if it is a clothing item. Or even having a separate mode just for colors. It s pretty impressive how many objects it can recognize but simple task as telling which color is this item is not implemented. It s a shame. My mum is blind, it would be great if she could use this app to help her pick her outfits.
Peter Olsen 126
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Most options deserve 5 stars but the Documents option kills it. It is supposed to be a voice app yet the Documents option simply scans and OCRs the text but doesn't read it out. You have to use a separate screen reader app for that, which defeats the whole purpose. If one is silly enough to turn on the Accessibility/Screen Reader setting without realising what it does, it makes your phone unusable. The Text option can read out what it sees so why doesn't the Document option do so? Edited
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