Best Watches & Smartwatches For Visually Impaired 🔥 #accessibility)

Smartwatches today have become a necessity. It's very hard to live without a smartwatch. However, not every smartwatch brand comes with an accessibility feature. This is a deal breaker for anyone who relies on accessibility features to use their smartwatches or watches. So in this video, I have listed the best 5 watches and smartwatches for visually impaired users that you should buy. However, before we begin, I would like to state that some watches might not be available in some regions, so I would recommend checking websites other than Amazon. You can check whether or not the watch is available in your region using the links below. Let's start with one of the best smartwatches for the visually impaired, which is the Apple Watch Series 8. Apple Watch Series 8 comes loaded with various features for the visually impaired. It offers the best accessibility features that you want in a smartwatch. Let's talk about them. First, the Apple Watch has a voiceover feature that reads what's on the screen for you, and all the pre-installed apps completely support this feature. After enabling the voiceover, you can navigate by flicking your finger on the screen, and the watch will tell you which app or option you have selected. Moreover, the watch also tells nifty but important details like battery levels, who is calling, and will read your messages. In the Apple Watch, you can also turn on the hear the time feature, which announces the time whenever you will raise your wristwatch. Sometimes, users prefer to protect what's on their screen from prying eyes, so Apple Watch Series 8 has a feature called Screen Curtain that turns your watch display off whenever the voiceover feature is turned on. It allows you to use the smartwatch while its display is off, so no one else will be able to see what's going on your screen. Therefore, if you want to hide sensitive information like bank messages, social media alerts, etc., you can do that. Now, when it comes to the most crucial task of reading the time, simply lay two fingers on the watch screen, and the watch will announce the time. Moreover, you can also enable the extra-large watch face option, which makes the watch face bigger to read the time. With Apple Watch, you also get the ability to make text bold, so all your emails and notifications will be shown in bold letters. For safety, Apple Watch Series 4 or later smartwatches come with fall detection, so if the watch detects that you have fallen down, then it would show you an alert for calling the emergency services. It will wait for a minute to see whether you are moving or not, then the watch will automatically make the call to emergency services. When the call will end, it will automatically send messages to all your emergency contacts along with your location, so you can rest easy knowing your loved ones have a reliable companion with them. The latest Apple Watch Series 8 also comes with crash detection, which can detect car crashes. If you are in a crash, then the watch will alert the authorities automatically, which can be a helpful feature while traveling alone. It also has an inbuilt zoom function, so use pinch-in and pinch-out gestures to zoom in on any screen and get better readability. Talking about the watch's design, it comes with a gorgeous curved square display, which is a better choice for users than round display smartwatches, simply because the square display is bigger and increases the readability as well as the usability of this smartwatch. Overall, Apple Watch Series 8 is a great smartwatch for visually impaired users. The only downside this watch has is that it's not compatible with Android devices. The next watch on the list is not a smartwatch, but a simple digital watch. It is a cool-looking talking sports watch for poor eyesight that also offers great durability. The big LCD display makes the watch quite easy to read. Moreover, this watch comes with a talking time function, so at the press of a button, it announces the exact time displayed on the watch. However, there is one downside of the watch, it is not water-resistant. It is usually an issue with watches with time-announcing functions, as usually water enters through the speaker. Using this watch, you can also set an alarm, which will help you in waking up in the morning. Moreover, the watch also has a chime function that produces a sound after every hour to alert users that the next hour has begun. One more issue with the watch is that it lacks a backlight function. This feature would have been very useful in dark environments. This watch is best for people with bad eyes as it comes with a big display, which makes it easier to read the time. With its robust build quality and a battery that can last up to one year, it is a really reliable and dependable watch for poor eyesight. At $35, this is a pretty good watch, but it's not worth the Rs 8,000 or Rs 9,000 price tag in India. And this brings me to the next watch on this list. The next watch on this list is made by 5Senses. They sell plenty of talking watches, and this watch from them comes with a better build than the previous watch. More importantly, it is waterproof and has a backlight to read the time in low light. And if you are from the US region, then you will be glad to know that watches come with atomic timekeeping, so the watch will set the correct time automatically using the radio frequency. The big display on the watch allows you to read the time accurately on the watch. It also has a time announcing feature so you can know the time without looking. If you are looking for a G-Shock like smartwatch, then this just might be the watch you are looking for. If you are done with digital looking watches, then the next watch is for you. EON Bradley Edge is a premium wristwatch for visually impaired people. What sets this watch apart is not just its design, but also the way it works. You can read the time just by touching your watch. More on that later. Also, if you are someone who has hearing impairment and talking watch doesn't get the job done, then you can go for this watch as well. Some visually impaired users might not like talking watches. That's where this watch comes in. Not only you can read time by sight, but also by touch. You can be in a crowded or dark room and still could be able to read time just by touching your watch without any difficulty. This watch comes with two magnetized ball bearings, one runs around the center of the watch representing the minutes hand and the other one represents the hours hand runs around the outside edge of the watch. The watch dial has raised hour markers which allows you to easily read time by simply touching the watch face. It has a triangular marker that represents 12, stretched line for 3, 6 and 9 and a shorter line marker representing the other dial numbers. Besides that, if any magnetic balls move out of their place, then simply shaking a hand would automatically move them to their correct position. Moreover, this watch has water resistance up to 30 meters. Therefore, you don't have to worry about water damaging this watch. All these features make this a perfect accessible watch for people with poor eyesight. Not everyone uses an iPhone. Therefore, not everyone can use Apple Watch Series 8. For those users, we recommend Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. This watch comes with the best accessibility features that are available for Android users. Galaxy Watch 4 comes with several crucial features like voice assistant. It is essentially a screen reader and reads out loud notifications, messages, time and the options selected in the menu. Using this feature, you will be able to know which options you have selected, listen to important messages and also use the watch as a talking smartwatch. To read the time, all you have to do is tap on the smartwatch display and the watch announces the time. Pretty neat, right? Furthermore, this watch also has easy-to-use gesture-based navigation. You can swipe left to right to select the next option and right to left to select the previous option. While exploring this watch, you can slide your finger around its bezel to scroll through the menu and select the app. If you don't like the voice assistant reading your messages out loud, then you can also enable the zoom function. Once this feature is activated, by just triple tapping on the display, it will magnify the text on the screen. Furthermore, you can adjust the magnification level using a pinch-in gesture to zoom out and pinch-out gesture to zoom in. There is also an accessibility feature called vibration watch. This feature will allow you to keep track of your time using vibrations. There are two vibration modes, the digits and the terse modes. In the digit mode, the watch produces a short vibration for every minute or after completion of an hour and a long vibration every 10 minutes. However, in terse mode, the watch vibrates every 15 minutes of an hour. So, you can keep track of time without having to check your watch again and again. Moreover, this watch has a built-in mic and speaker. As a result, you can also take calls on the watch. Overall, Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is one of the best fitness trackers for poor eyesight. It is a waterproof smartwatch. Therefore, you can take this watch into the pool, shower, and rain without any worries. If you are looking for a waterproof talking smartwatch that is compatible with Android, then select this one. So guys, that were 5 smartwatches that, in my opinion, are best for users with low eyesight. Do share your opinion if you know a better option than the options I have listed. With that, it's time to say goodbye. Don't forget to hit that like and subscribe button. See you here next time.