Open anything
Point Iris at any website or app. Nobody needed to plan for you in advance.
A nonprofit for people who navigate without sight
The world was built to be seen. We are rebuilding it to be felt, heard, and walked.
Iris makes a sensing cane and a free app that turns any website into an interface made for blind and low vision people.
01 / MissionWhy Iris exists
Most of the world was designed by people who could see it. Doors, crosswalks, checkout pages, the menu on a café wall. We think that is a design problem, not a personal one. So we are building the tools to fix it, alongside the people who use them.
- 0 million people are blind worldwide. Vision Loss Expert Group, Lancet Global Health, 2021
- 0 million more live with moderate or severe vision loss. Same study
- 0% of the top million home pages fail basic accessibility checks. WebAIM Million, 2025
02 / The cane01 of 04
A white cane that knows what is ahead of the tip.
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Sees ahead
Ultrasonic and depth sensing reach past the tip and up to head height, where a traditional cane cannot.
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Speaks through touch
Distinct haptic patterns in the grip tell you what is ahead and how close, without taking over your ears.
- 03
Knows the way
Turn by turn guidance from the companion app, quiet until you need it.
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Still a cane
Folds flat, charges over USB-C, and works as a regular cane if the battery ever runs out.
03 / The appAny site. Any app.
The web, rebuilt in the shape you use it.
It reads the structure
Iris works out what each part of the page is for: the search, the price, the button that matters, the popup you did not ask for.
It rebuilds the page
A calm, linear version with real headings and labels, read in the order you would expect.
You stay in charge
Jump by voice, skip what you do not need, or go back to the original page at any time.
Free for every person who needs it. Always.
04 / The differenceDrag to compare
Same page. Two very different experiences.
On the right, a typical store as a sighted visitor sees it, and what a screen reader actually announces. On the left, the same page after Iris. Drag the handle, or use the arrow keys.
Close your eyes and listen
05 / How we workBuilt with, not for
Nothing about us, without us.
- A
Blind and low vision people sit on our design team and test every release before it ships.
- B
The app is free for individuals. Canes are offered on a sliding scale, down to zero.
- C
We publish what we learn as open standards, so the whole web gets better, not only our corner of it.
06 / GiveEvery dollar goes further here
Help someone walk out the door with confidence.
Iris is funded by people like you. Your gift pays for testing, parts, and canes for people who could never afford one.