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 • 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
Improvements:
- Add support for 26 content languages:
1. English (United States)
2. Hebrew (Israel)
3. Arabic (Jordan)
4. French (France)
5. Spanish (Spain)
6. Chinese (China)
7. Hindi (India)
8. Russian (Russia)
9. Portuguese (Brazil)
10. Indonesian (Indonesia)
11. German (Germany)
12. Japanese (Japan)
13. Turkish (Turkey)
14. Korean (South Korea)
15. Italian (Italy)
16. Thai (Thailand)
17. Polish (Poland)
18. Romanian (Romania)
19. Dutch (Belgium)
20. Czech (Czech Republic)
21. Greek (Greek)
22. Swedish (Sweden)
23. Hungarian (Hungary)
24. Slovak (Slovakia)
25. Finnish (Finland)
26. Norwegian (Norway)
Fixes:
- Minor bugs and crashes.
3.7.0 11/09/2020
Improvements:
- Change station name to sign heading (Public Transportation).
- Check of expired spots.
Fixes:
- Missing beep sound in an empty direction when clicking Around Me button.
- Missing a blue notification bar indicator for demo mode.
- Missing navigation multiple results for nearby Apple POIs.
- Add a buffer zone for indoor mode activation/deactivation alert.
- Minor bugs and crashes.
3.6.0 21/05/2020
Improvements:
- Allow changing distance units between kilometers and miles.
- Ask to activate/deactivate of indoor mode if RH locations nearby.
Fixes:
- Few bugs and crashes.
3.5.3 04/05/2020
Fixes:
- Generic demo spot content.
- Announcement of turned off spots.
3.5.2 05/02/2020
• 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
more Version 6.2.0 25 Mar
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