Vision beyond
sight.
Payana Technologies makes affordable smart glasses for people who are blind or have low vision. The glasses spot objects, read scenes, and describe what is around you in plain audio, all from the chip on the device itself.
What the glasses actually do.
Three steps. No app to learn, no menus to remember, no internet needed.
Put on the glasses
Light frames with two small cameras and tiny open-ear speakers. No phone, no screen.
They see what's in front of you
The glasses look at the scene and pick out people, objects, text, food, colors, obstacles and signs.
They speak it back to you
You hear a short description in your ear, so you know what is around and where to step.
Smart glasses that see for you.
A pair of glasses that read what is around you and speak it back through small open-ear speakers. No screen, no phone.
Real-time navigation
Turn-by-turn audio guidance with obstacle warnings, so you always know what is ahead and which way to go.
Object detection
Spots objects, people and surroundings around you and describes them in a short, natural sentence.
Food recognition
Tells you what is on your plate or in your hand, from cooked meals to packaged items and ingredients.
Color identification
Reads out the colors of clothes, objects and places, so picking an outfit or matching items is easy.
Launching soon. Be among the first to try Payana.
From camera to ear, on the device.
It only takes a few milliseconds. Everything runs on the glasses, so the feedback is fast, private and works without a signal.
Capture
Two small cameras watch the scene in front of you, frame by frame.
Infer
A chip inside the glasses handles everything on the spot. Nothing goes to the cloud.
Understand
Vision models work out what the objects, people and scenes actually are.
Speak
You hear a short, natural description through the open-ear speakers near your ears.
Better tools for the 1 in 7.
More than a billion people live with some form of vision impairment, and most of the tools built for them are expensive, bulky or hard to use. Payana is our attempt at something simpler, lighter and within reach.
What makes Payana different.
Runs on the device
Everything happens on the glasses. No internet needed, and nothing is sent off to a server.
Priced to be reachable
We want Payana to fit a normal budget, not just the budgets of a few.
Made to be tweaked
The hardware and software can be set up to match how each person actually lives and works.
Built from real life
Every feature comes from a real problem we have watched people deal with, not a guess.
Shaped with our users
We build with people who are blind or have low vision, and let their feedback decide what ships.
Room to grow
Payana is one product today, but the same platform can host more accessibility tools over time.
The details.
Glasses that describe what is in front of you, out loud, without the cloud.
Price on request
Final pricing is announced at launch. Pre-booking is free and carries no payment.
Availability: Pre-booking open. Units are offered to pre-bookers first.
- Smart Glasses frame with cameras and speakers
- Charging cable
- Audio quick start walkthrough
- Support over WhatsApp and email
Technical specification
- Cameras
- Two forward facing cameras
- Processing
- On device vision models. Nothing is sent to a server
- Audio
- Open ear speakers, so surrounding sound stays audible
- Capabilities
- Navigation cues, object detection, food recognition, colour identification
- Connectivity
- None required for core features. No phone or account needed
- Privacy
- Images are processed on the glasses and not stored off device
- Battery
- To be confirmed
- Weight
- To be confirmed
- Charging
- To be confirmed
Items marked as to be confirmed are still being finalised on the production unit. We publish them only once they are measured, not estimated.