New Tech: Hands on Envision Glasses

The Envision smart glasses provide a range of intriguing features for visually impaired people; from reading text as you walk around, to video calling capabilities - there’s a lot on offer. But we want to know how helpful this really is for visually impaired people, so join us as we take the Envision Glasses for a spin at London Heathrow Airport.
Thomas Pocklington Trust is a UK-based national charity, dedicated to enabling and empowering blind and partially sighted people of all ages to live the life they want to lead. We specialise in providing support to visually impaired people who are:
- Entering or already in education
- Searching for a job
- Looking to engage with and make changes in their local society
Find out more on our website: www.pocklington-trust.org.uk
We would also like to extend our thanks to Envision who kindly lent us the Envision Glasses Home Edition for use in this video. However, please note that our perspective in this video remains fully impartial.
Envision Glasses are available for purchase worldwide on the Envision website:
shop.letsenvision.com/
They are also available in the UK & Ireland from Sight & Sound.
To book a free personal demo please visit: bit.ly/3YLg2zm?
Music used in this video - “Happy Rock” by bensound.com.
Video chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Hardware tour
05:18 Why Heathrow Airport?
05:36 Instant text explainer and demo description
06:11 Instant text demo - signage in Terminal 2
07:04 Instant text demo - thoughts
07:32 Instant text demo - finding a hotel room
07:59 Instant text demo - simple signage
08:14 Scan text explainer and demo description
09:19 Scan text demo - reading restaurant menu
10:13 Video calling explainer
10:46 Envision Ally demo - finding a coffee shop
11:17 Final thoughts
14:32 Outro
You can download the transcript of the video here: bit.ly/3mHl7eA

[@aaronlee8334]

Something I’d like to know about the glasses is if the complimentary frame strengthens the integrity of the thinner titanium frame.
From experience with glasses, a thin frame with rubber nose pieces is prone to breaking and could cause damage to the wearer.

[@staciehernandez6202]

I just got my envision glasses today, I am going to try them out, and see if they work well.

[@mimimoon8772]

how is it going?

[@vvs1983july17]

Does it work with any other language than English ?

[@craigslater6508]

What I don’t understand is as the glasses are connected to your phone to enable you to use them in conjunction with the Envision app. Why don’t they use your phone’s Internet connection like other accessories such as the Apple Watch do? this would solve the problems that I’ve heard people having where certain features don’t work unless you’re connected to the Internet.