SightlineAI

👁️ SightlineAI — Open-Source AI Smart Glasses for the Visually Impaired

Real-time scene understanding, spoken aloud. SightlineAI is open-source assistive technology: object detection, text-to-speech and navigation assistance in a wearable, affordable package — designed for the 2.2 billion people living with vision impairment.

• 🌐 Project page: https://rudra496.github.io/sightlineai/
• 💻 Source: https://github.com/rudra496/sightlineai

What it does

• Real-time object detection (YOLO-class models) describes surroundings as they change
• Text-to-speech reads signs, labels and screens on demand
• Navigation assistance — direction and obstacle cues for safer walking
• Affordable hardware — commodity camera + ESP32-class components, not a $3,000 headset
• Open design — full hardware + software docs so anyone can build, modify and improve

Why open source assistive tech?

Commercial solutions are expensive and closed. 2.2 billion people can't wait for a flagship product — an open design lets students, makers and NGOs localize, translate and distribute sight assistance themselves.

Tech stack

Python · YOLO object detection · ESP32 + camera hardware · TTS · IoT wearable design

Built With

• computer-vision
• esp32
• iot
• python
• yolo