Turn your smartphone into reading glasses
Kim Komando Daily Tech Update

Turn your smartphone into reading glasses

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 20269 min
  • Technology

Can’t find your readers? Your phone can read that tiny print out loud. There are two free apps that get the job done. Plus, we talk to Richard about how he used AI to prepare for his wife’s surgery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Kamado for Native Path. Collagen helps support healthy bones and joints. Go to

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Seeing AI. Point your phone at a label, a menu, or the electric bill and it

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You own six pairs of readers. All six live in rooms you aren't in. Now you're squinting at a pill bottle. Good news. Your phone can read it for you. I'm Kim Kamado for Native Path. Collagen helps support healthy bones and joints. Go to getnatapath.com slash Kim for free shipping and free gifts. First, download

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Seeing AI. Point your phone at a label, a menu, or the electric bill and it reads the words out loud. No squinting, no hunting for glasses. Microsoft built this for people with low vision. It's free on iPhone and Android at SeeingAI.com. Rather read it yourself, your phone has a magnifying glass. On iPhone, open the magnifier app.

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On Pixel, grab the free magnifier app. Any other phone, snap a photo and pinch to zoom. Think of your phone as your seventh pair of readers and the only one that you can find. Now the catch, these apps read labels. They don't interpret them. Dosage questions still go to your pharmacist.

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