Creating a more accessible Envision
“Design is an enormous privilege, but it’s also a bigger responsibility.” These words by Sinead Burke echo constantly in my mind as one of the driving factors behind building Envision. When we first came up with the idea of Envision, we were excited about how we can make this world more accessible for blind and visually impaired people. We built a software tool that can speak out about the visual world around them, enabling them to not just perceive their surroundings but also to perceive possibilities that were considered beyond reach.
Today, with the Envision App and Envision Glasses, thousands of users around the world live more independent and productive lives. They are facing difficult exams, securing dream jobs, making new friends, and connecting more with the world around them. The stream of happy user stories that pour in, every day from all over the world, fuels us to constantly do what we can to make our products more accessible to the people who need them the most.
Accessibility is at the heart of everything we do. From creating life-changing assistive technologies to making them as available as possible. While our products’ innovation may steal the spotlight, their affordability has been challenging for some, which is why we have been working hard to reduce costs wherever we can. The key has been to create a viable business model that enables us to sustainably and consistently design and develop better services for our users while making sure the price is affordable to as large a group as possible. Hence, it gives me immense pleasure to announce that with immediate effect we are making significant pricing updates to both the Envision App and Envision Glasses.
The Envision App will be free of cost, for all who need it.
Yes, you read that right. Until now, it has been essential for us to have a fixed minimal subscription cost for the Envision App. This has been due to the ongoing costs of servers, development, and maintenance. Now, with recent engineering breakthroughs, newer product features, and the evolution of business models, we are able to sustain a significantly larger number of users at a much smaller, incremental cost — savings which we are passing on to you, our community.
So here is how the app is going to work: from mid-July, the Envision App will be free for all iOS and Android users. Everyone will still receive the same great features, product updates, and experiences that you have come to love from Envision. If you are someone who has the means and would like to support the app, you can choose to pay us whatever amount you deem fair. We will continue to develop and improve the app with the same enthusiasm regardless, but every penny you pay us will solely go towards supporting its evolution.
Stay tuned to our social and community channels for more updates and details: https://www.letsenvision.com/community
DSA approved!
Confirming Envision Glasses are approved for recommendation by assessors in DSA and are in the Student Loans Company E Quote portal that Assessors use. Hopefully, you can just select from the portal if you want to get them for a student.
More information
We will be presenting a webinar on the 28th of July webinar with lots of useful information about Envision. Here’s the link! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8616564993888/WN_dF1m_Jy2SXia1L02ogk9fQ
You can also book an Envision Demo – https://www.letsenvision.com/envision-glasses-demo-form
Please feel free to contact us directly too; Karthik Kannan, CTO, and Co-Founder: kk@letsenvision.com or Vanessa Vigar, Chief Marketing Officer: vanessa@letsenvision.com
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