Guided Vision in Gemini Live: built for accessibility
If you or someone you know is blind or has low vision, Gemini Live's new Guided Vision can describe surroundings, read fine print, or help locate objects just by pointing a phone camera and asking out loud.
What changed
Source summary
Gemini Live now offers Guided Vision, a real-time visual assistant on Android for people who are blind or have low vision, as well as older adults or anyone reading fine print in poor lighting. Users share their camera during a Gemini Live session and get spoken descriptions, help locating objects, and verbal cues to reframe the shot. Google states it is an assistive utility that can make mistakes, and is explicitly not a medical device, mobility aid, or white cane replacement, and is not intended for navigation, safe-travel guidance, or obstacle detection.
Why it matters to your work
Practical interpretation
If you or someone you know is blind or has low vision, Gemini Live's new Guided Vision can describe surroundings, read fine print, or help locate objects just by pointing a phone camera and asking out loud.
When this could help
When you need help reading a label, finding a dropped or misplaced item, checking whether clothes match, or getting an overview of an unfamiliar room or table layout.
Guided Vision shares your phone camera with Gemini Live so it can describe your surroundings aloud, answer follow-up questions, and give spoken cues to help you aim the camera - built with the blind and low-vision community and visual-assistance company Aira.
How to get started
In the Gemini app, open profile settings and turn on 'Use Guided Vision in Live', then open Gemini Live and share your camera.
Provider guidance ↗Alternatively, set an Accessibility shortcut: Android Settings > Accessibility > Vision assistance > Guided Vision.
Provider guidance ↗If you use TalkBack, open the TalkBack menu with a three-finger tap and select Guided Vision.
Provider guidance ↗Keep the Gemini app and Android system software updated.
Provider guidance ↗
Try this · The SCALA method
Give AI a clearer brief
- Situation
- I want to check what's on a product label or dial that's hard to read.
- Consultant
- Act as a patient visual-description assistant.
- Action
- Describe what the camera sees in plain language, then read out the specific text or markings I ask about.
- Language
- Clear, simple spoken-style sentences.
- Ask
- Ask which detail matters most if the view is cluttered, before describing everything in the frame.
SCALA suggested prompt · Adapt the context and check the result.
Learn the SCALA method →Build it into your routine
SCALA suggested workflow
Daily visual-assistance check
Keep the Guided Vision shortcut set up (via accessibility shortcut or TalkBack) so it's one tap away for everyday tasks like reading mail, checking appliance settings or confirming matching clothes.
What to check
Sources & provider guides
Official documentation checked 12 Oct 2026. SCALA prompts and workflows are suggestions, not claims of hands-on testing.
Source & availability
This is a summary of a published provider announcement, with practical context from SCALA’s feed.
Plan, region, workspace and rollout conditions may affect access in Australia. Check the original source for current availability.
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