Distinct sounds
Every state change has its own earcon, so you know what happened without being told.
Coming summer 2026
Fathom is an AI companion for blind and low-vision people. It sees what's ahead, guides you where you're going, and helps you do what you came there to do — all from your iPhone. No maps, no beacons, no setup.
The gap
GPS stops working the moment you step inside. Existing tools lean on pre-built maps most buildings don't have, or on sighted guides who aren't always around. Every unfamiliar building becomes a barrier — and that's before you even try to get anything done once you're in.
Fathom isn't just a navigation app. It's a full sensory companion: it walks you in, walks you through, and helps with the task at the end. Anywhere. First time in.
Home
Fathom opens on a single screen with everything a step away. Snapshot for a quick look. Lookout for ongoing awareness. Go for navigating to a place. Task for step-by-step help with what you're doing.
Each mode is designed to do one thing well — so you never have to think about which button to press, just what you need right now.
Assistant
Tell the Assistant what you want to do — “get me to my 3 o'clock on the fourth floor” — and it figures out the path. Lookout walks you in. Go takes you to the elevator, then the suite. Task checks you in at the desk.
You never think about modes. The Assistant understands intent, breaks it into steps, and orchestrates everything Fathom can do.
Activities
Tap Activities for a short menu of the things Fathom does well — find something, orient yourself, go somewhere, work on a task, read something, use a kiosk.
It's a guide rail, not a wall. Pick an activity and Fathom tailors the rest of the flow around it.
Ask Fathom
Hit Ask Fathom and talk. “Organize my mail.” “Find the oat milk.” “Check me in at the pharmacy desk.” Fathom listens, parses intent, and starts building a plan.
On-device speech. No wake word required.
The plan
Fathom thinks for a moment, then shows its work: a short ordered list of steps, each labelled with the mode that will handle it — Go, Snapshot, Task, Read.
Accept it as-is, edit a step, or dismiss and try again. Nothing happens until you say go.
Active session
Once you accept, Fathom runs the plan step by step. Each screen is focused on one thing — walk here, look at this, do that — and Ask Fathom stays within reach if the world changes.
End the session any time. Mark steps complete by voice or tap.
Lookout
Lookout is your always-on safety companion. It watches continuously but only speaks when something matters — a step down ahead, a glass door, a person on a collision course. When Fathom is quiet, you know the path is clear.
Three modes — Hazards, Balanced, Full — let you dial how much you want to hear. Haptic alerts fire in under 100 ms when something's close, so the space has a shape you can feel.
On-device object detection at 10 fps. Works without a network.
Go
Say where you're headed — “the kitchen,” “Room 412,” “the pharmacy” — and Fathom gets you there. It reads room numbers and signs as you pass them, calls turns before you need them, and tells you when you've arrived, down to where the door handle is.
Directions use a clock-face system: “door at 2 o'clock, about 10 steps ahead.” Obstacle alerts pulse faster as you approach, so the space has a shape you can feel in your hand.
On-device depth sensing and AI vision, together.
Task
Folding laundry. Finding the milk. Sorting paperwork. Walking through a kiosk. Tell Fathom what you're doing and it becomes a two-way conversation: you speak, Fathom answers based on what's actually in front of you. Not canned instructions. It sees what you see and responds at the speed of your hands.
Bidirectional audio and video. Fathom watches and listens at once.
Day one
Most indoor navigation tools ask buildings to install infrastructure or upload floor plans. Fathom doesn't. It uses the camera, AI, and sensors already in your iPhone. Walk in, it works.
Lose internet? On-device object detection and depth sensing keep running. Obstacle alerts never stop. Safety doesn't depend on a network connection.
Designed for the full spectrum
Every state change has its own earcon, so you know what happened without being told.
Every interaction has its own shape in your hand. You learn the vocabulary in a week.
Sound tells you where things are. Left, right, ahead, behind — no narration needed.
High contrast, large targets, works without VoiceOver when you have the light for it.
Early access
Fathom hits the App Store in summer 2026. We're onboarding in small waves so we can answer every message personally. Tell us who you are — a person will write back.
Press or media? Drop us a line at support@fathomvision.app — press kit on request.