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Global Visually Impaired Assistive Apps Market Size, Trends & Analysis - Forecasts to 2027 By Type of O.S. (Android, and iOS), By Application (Environment Assistance, Audio Assistance, Navigation Assistance, Virtual Assistance, Color Assistance, Facial Assistance, Language & Learning Assistance, and Others), By Region (North America, Asia Pacific, CSA, Europe, and the Middle East and Africa), Company Market Share Analysis, and Competitor Analysis
The global visually impaired assistive apps market is projected to grow at a CAGR value of 10.5% from 2022 to 2027.
As per a World Health Organization (WHO) research, over 80% of vision problems seem to be either avoidable or reversible with medication. The majority of the people with impaired vision are aged above 50 years old and live in underdeveloped and developing countries. People are actively afflicted by eyesight impairments as a result of medical issues. Restrictions in daily functioning, autonomy, indoor or outdoor movement, social integration, communications, and work might have ramifications for the afflicted individual's community and family. Furthermore, the current COVID-19 epidemic and its preventive measures offer a new set of challenges for people who are visually impaired in performing daily duties by limiting their typical regular assistance and resources.
The market will be driven during the forecast period by a rising prevalence of visually impaired patients and increasing number of cataract surgeries, rapidly rising aging population, increasing demand for assistive technological applications for the visually impaired, and rapidly evolving technological developments in this field.
Moreover, rising health insurance premiums, as well as rising investments and implementation of government programs to promote assistive technologies, are expected to boost the global market.
Increased research projects on assistive apps for visual impairments, investment in R&D by biopharmaceutical companies, rise in pervasiveness and induces of vision impairment, and emergence in per capita health expenditures will all contribute to market growth during the forecast period.
Companies in the this field are expanding revenue streams by uncovering revenue prospects in audiobook and digital books, in addition to tactile PCs and AI rucksacks. Audiobooks, such as Audible, and digital books, such as Kindle, are replacing reading devices because they allow patients with minimal sight to alter the size of the text and customize the brightness of the page. A growing number of businesses are pursuing streams of revenue in the market for adaptive equipment for visual impairments. Poor vision applications and technology are sweeping the market, allowing those with vision impairments to operate on-screen with ease.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been determined to have had a calamitous effect on consumers of assistive technology (AT) all around the world. During the current epidemic, companies are expanding the accessibility of mobile apps for the target market. They are working to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals as well as the objectives outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Market participants are concentrating their efforts on serving the demands of minorities who already are suffering from health disparities.
Based on the O.S. type, the visually impaired assistive apps market is divided into android and iOS. The android segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the market from 2022 to 2027. As per a survey conducted by IDC Corporate USA, android with around 2/3rd domination leads the O.S. industry.
Android is among the most widely used mobile operating systems on which it is easier to create apps for a variety of purposes. Currently, there are apps for financial, advertising, entertainment, utilities, games, navigating, and a variety of other categories. A few specific Android apps have indeed been produced in the market to facilitate visually impaired people with communications.
Based on the application, the visually impaired assistive apps market is divided into environment assistance, audio assistance, navigation assistance, virtual assistance, color assistance, facial assistance, language & learning assistance, and others. The navigation assistance segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the market from 2022 to 2027.
Navigation is an essential human task that entails the use of the human sense of sight. Furthermore, modern technology such as smartphones offers technological aid to visually challenged people's daily chores, intending to improve their quality of life. These apps have fingerprint sensors, which provide a better experience. They are, in reality, better suitable to visually impaired persons who use a guidance device for navigating. In essence, based on color objective detection and identification, the mobile application provides direction information and enables the visually impaired in navigating smoothly and effectively.
As per the geographical analysis, the visually impaired assistive apps market can be classified into North America (the United States, Canada, and Mexico), Asia Pacific (India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Rest of Asia Pacific), Europe (Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, and Rest of Europe), Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Rest of the Middle East & Africa) and Central & South America (Brazil, Argentina, and Rest of Central and South America).
North America (the United States, Canada, and Mexico) will have a dominant share in the Visually Impaired Assistive Apps market from 2022 to 2027. The major factor driving the growth of the market in the North American region is rising prevalence of visual impaired patients among the demographic, and increasing penetration of top players in the U.S. and Canada. As per data published in 2021 by the Canadian Central Institute for the Impaired, as of 2020, an estimated 2 million people in Canada had a loss of vision, with another 5.59 million possessing an eye illness that might induce vision impairment.
Moreover, the Asia Pacific (India, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Rest of Asia Pacific) region is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the visually impaired assistive apps market during the forecast period. Rapidly rising rate of visually impaired population and increasing demand for assistive affordable apps in these countries are some of the drivers of the market.
Access Note, Aipoly Vision, Ariadne GPS, Audible, Be My Eyes, Big Digital Clock, Blind Bargains, Blind Square, Color ID, Digit-Eyes, Amazon, Microsoft, KNFB Reader, Learning Ally, LookTel, My Vision Helper, Prizmo, Smart Braille, Talking Tags, and Visual Braille among others are the key players in the visually impaired assistive apps market.
Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of companies profiled in the report.
Chapter 1 Methodology
1.1 Market Scope & Definitions
1.2 Estimates & Forecast Calculation
1.3 Historical Data Overview and Validation
1.4 Data Sources
1.4.1 Secondary
1.4.2 Primary
Chapter 2 Report Outlook
2.1 Visually Impaired Assistive Apps Industry Overview, 2022-2027
2.1.1 Industry Overview
2.1.2 IOS Overview
2.1.3 Application Overview
2.1.4 Regional Overview
Chapter 3 Visually Impaired Assistive Apps Market Trends
3.1 Market Segmentation
3.2 Industry Background, 2022-2027
3.3 Market Key Trends
3.3.1 Positive Trends
3.3.1.1 Rising prevalence of visually impaired population
3.3.2 Industry Challenges
3.3.2.1 Lack of knowledge and understanding of the benefits of smartphone-based assistive technologies
3.4 Prospective Growth Scenario
3.4.1 iOS Growth Scenario
3.4.2 Application Growth Scenario
3.5 COVID-19 Influence over Industry Growth
3.6 Porter’s Analysis
3.7 PESTEL Analysis
3.8 Value Chain & Supply Chain Analysis
3.9 Regulatory Framework
3.9.1 North America
3.9.2 Europe
3.9.3 APAC
3.9.4 LATAM
3.9.5 MEA
3.10 End-User Overview
3.11 Market Share Analysis, 2021
3.11.1 Company Positioning Overview, 2021
Chapter 4 Visually Impaired Assistive Apps Market, By IOS
4.1 IOS Outlook
4.2 Android
4.2.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
4.3 iOS
4.3.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
Chapter 5 Visually Impaired Assistive Apps Market, By Application
5.1 Application Outlook
5.2 Environment Assistance
5.2.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
5.3 Audio Assistance
5.3.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
5.4 Navigation Assistance
5.4.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
5.5 Virtual Assistance
5.5.1 Mark8et Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
5.6 Color Assistance
5.6.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
5.7 Facial Assistance
5.7.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
5.8 Language & Learning Assistance
5.8.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
5.9 Others
5.9.1 Market Size, By Region, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
Chapter 6 Visually Impaired Assistive Apps Market, By Region
6.1 Regional outlook
6.2 North America
6.2.1 Market Size, By Country 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.2.2 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.2.3 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.2.4 U.S.
6.2.4.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.2.4.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.2.5 Canada
6.2.5.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.2.5.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3 Europe
6.3.1 Market Size, By Country 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.2 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.3 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.4 Germany
6.3.4.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.4.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.5 UK
6.3.5.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.5.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.6 France
6.3.6.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.6.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.7 Italy
6.3.7.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.7.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.8 Spain
6.3.8.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.8.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.9 Russia
6.3.9.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.3.9.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4 Asia Pacific
6.4.1 Market Size, By Country 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.2 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.3 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.4 China
6.4.4.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.4.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.5 India
6.4.5.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.5.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.6 Japan
6.4.6.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.6.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.7 Australia
6.4.7.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.7.2 Market size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.8 South Korea
6.4.8.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.4.8.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5 Latin America
6.5.1 Market Size, By Country 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5.2 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5.3 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5.4 Brazil
6.5.4.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5.4.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5.5 Mexico
6.5.5.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5.5.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5.6 Argentina
6.5.6.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.5.6.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6 MEA
6.6.1 Market Size, By Country 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6.2 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6.3 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6.4 Saudi Arabia
6.6.4.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6.4.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6.5 UAE
6.6.5.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6.5.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6.6 South Africa
6.6.6.1 Market Size, By IOS, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
6.6.6.2 Market Size, By Application, 2022-2027 (USD Billion)
Chapter 7 Company Landscape
7.1 Competitive Analysis, 2022
7.2 Access Note
7.2.1 Company Overview
7.2.2 Financial Analysis
7.2.3 Strategic Positioning
7.2.4 Info Graphic Analysis
7.3 Aipoly Vision
7.3.1 Company Overview
7.3.2 Financial Analysis
7.3.3 Strategic Positioning
7.3.4 Info Graphic Analysis
7.4 Ariadne GPS
7.4.1 Company Overview
7.4.2 Financial Analysis
7.4.3 Strategic Positioning
7.4.4 Info Graphic Analysis
7.5 Audible
7.5.1 Company Overview
7.5.2 Financial Analysis
7.5.3 Strategic Positioning
7.5.4 Info Graphic Analysis
7.6 Be My Eyes
7.6.1 Company Overview
7.6.2 Financial Analysis
7.6.3 Strategic Positioning
7.6.4 Info Graphic Analysis
7.7 Big Digital Clock
7.7.1 Company Overview
7.7.2 Financial Analysis
7.7.3 Strategic Positioning
7.7.4 Info Graphic Analysis
7.8 Blind Bargains
7.8.1 Company Overview
7.8.2 Financial Analysis
7.8.3 Strategic Positioning
7.8.4 Info Graphic Analysis
7.9 Color ID
7.9.1 Company Overview
7.9.2 Financial Analysis
7.9.3 Strategic Positioning
7.9.4 Info Graphic Analysis
7.10 Other Companies
7.10.1 Company Overview
7.10.2 Financial Analysis
7.10.3 Strategic Positioning
7.10.4 Info Graphic Analysis
The Global Visually Impaired Assistive Apps Market has been studied from the year 2019 till 2027. However, the CAGR provided in the report is from the year 2022 to 2027. The research methodology involved three stages: Desk research, Primary research, and Analysis & Output from the entire research process.
The desk research involved a robust background study which meant referring to paid and unpaid databases to understand the market dynamics; mapping contracts from press releases; identifying the key players in the market, studying their product portfolio, competition level, annual reports/SEC filings & investor presentations; and learning the demand and supply-side analysis for the Visually Impaired Assistive Apps Market.
The primary research activity included telephonic conversations with more than 50 tier 1 industry consultants, distributors, and end-use product manufacturers.
Finally, based on the above thorough research process, an in-depth analysis was carried out considering the following aspects: market attractiveness, current & future market trends, market share analysis, SWOT analysis of the company and customer analytics.
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