Pathable 3
Doable AI LabFollow a familiar route again.
Ask a friend to record a regular route with references at key waypoints. Get reminders when you follow it again. Routes sync with your account.
Built together with blind people.
Helping people with sight loss walk,read books,and shop for groceries.
An iPhone app designed for blind and low-vision users.
Continuously describes your surroundings, turning visual information from everyday scenes into spoken descriptions you can understand.
iPhone · Install via TestFlight
Hear what is in front of you
There is a café ahead on your right,
with one step at the entrance.
Hear as your surroundings change.
Know more about what is underfoot and ahead.
As you walk, Pathable continuously describes what is underfoot, what is ahead, and nearby landmarks. On compatible iPhones with LiDAR, spoken distances and tones that become more urgent as you approach add another layer of awareness.
Ahead on the rightShop entrance
At the entranceWatch for a step
Hear directions. Stay aware of the ground.
For compatible iPhones equipped with LiDAR.An awareness aid, not a replacement for a white cane or your own judgment.
Go somewhere new,
or follow a familiar route.
Destination navigation and familiar-route reminders
can work alongside descriptions of the scene ahead.
Find your way to somewhere new.
Walking navigation provides advance turn notices and off-route alerts, alongside continuous descriptions of what is ahead.
Extra information at crossings.
Pedestrian-signal mode announces the light color. You must still assess actual traffic conditions and decide when to cross.
Navigation and scene awareness provide assistance only. Use them with a white cane, pay attention to actual road conditions, and make your own decisions about crossing.
Everyday help,
seen through users’ experiences.
Finding shops, shopping, reading—one practical task at a time.
The following accounts summarize user feedback; they are not verbatim quotations.
Finding a shop entrance
Where is the entrance to the shop you want?
Say what you are looking for and move the camera. Pathable helps you look for signs and entrances.
After following prompts to scan the surroundings and turn the camera right, the Luckin Coffee sign was identified and the door into the shop was located.
Taotao · User experience
Grocery shopping
Hear about the choices on the shelf.
Hear descriptions of products and price tags, or ask questions about the items in front of you.
After installing Pathable on a roommate’s borrowed iPhone, Miao walked from campus to the supermarket across the street and completed the shopping, finding the experience smooth throughout.
Miao Jianhui · User experience
Opening a book
Hear a page, or listen to a summary.
Read a whole page aloud and continue after turning it. Repeat, select a passage, or request a summary when needed.
While reading, a page can be summarized into key points that are easy to follow by listening.
Taotao · User experienceIndividual test experiences vary with the environment. Other everyday settings include home, films and TV, and travel.
Built together with blind people.
Your everyday experience
helps shape Pathable’s next step.
Tell us which descriptions helped and what was still unclear. Together, we can improve Pathable through the discoveries and shortcomings of real use.
Download Pathable 3 and try it
For iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Distance and obstacle alerts require a compatible model equipped with LiDAR.
Scan with your iPhone cameraOn iPhone, tap the download button directly.
- No TestFlight yet? Follow the invitation page to install it first.
- Return to the invitation page, accept the invitation, and install Pathable 3.
Pathable provides assistance, not a replacement for a white cane or your own judgment.