Artificial intelligence models with hundreds of billions of parameters are transforming the way blind people, those with low vision, the elderly and everyone who needs support explore and interact with the world. AIBA develops technology that puts that power at the service of more possibilities — accessible, responsible, and made in Portugal.
The World Health Organisation estimates 285 million people live with visual impairment, 39 million of whom are totally blind. Most still lack access to the technology that could transform their daily lives.
By 2050 the number of elderly people worldwide will double. Intelligent assistive technology creates new ways to participate, explore and maintain autonomy — a global-scale response to a growing challenge.
AI opens possibilities. Tools like AIBA allow people with visual impairment to access professional roles previously out of reach, creating more productive and talent-rich economies.
Accessibility is not an extra — it is a right. When technology is designed for everyone, everyone benefits. Every improvement for a blind person enriches the experience of all users.
For decades, accessibility challenges were met with expensive, cumbersome and difficult-to-use solutions. The new generation of multimodal AI models makes it possible, for the first time, to build products that are simultaneously powerful, accessible and enjoyable to use.
AIBA works at this intersection — between cutting-edge AI research and the real needs of the people who benefit most from those capabilities.
Portable device with a 10-channel spectral sensor that identifies and names colours by voice. Designed for everyday use — when choosing clothes, cooking, identifying products.
Electronic cane with LiDAR sensor, gyroscope and haptic motors. Detects obstacles and translates distance into vibration — like artificial echolocation — giving a new spatial sense.
Complete indoor and outdoor navigation with advanced artificial intelligence. GPS, BLE and NFC combined with a voice assistant that describes the world in real time — including camera, text, objects and people.
AIBA products are powered by artificial intelligence models with hundreds of billions of parameters — the same scale of capability that today defines the world state of the art in language, vision and reasoning.
This scale is not an end in itself: it is what allows AIBA Navigate to describe an unfamiliar space, read a menu in real time, identify a face or give precise instructions in a hospital corridor — all by voice, all in seconds.
Processing is carried out securely and responsibly, with privacy by design. User data is not stored or used for model training.
Describes environments, reads signage and identifies landmarks in real time.
Natural dialogue to answer questions, get instructions and interpret context.
Advanced image analysis: text, objects, people, expressions and documents.
Generation and reading of NFC tags with integrated intelligent context.
Multi-step reasoning capability to interpret complex contexts and give useful responses in ambiguous situations.
Image and text processing with minimal latency, suited to mobility situations and continuous interaction.
Fast, contextualised responses for frequent queries, without requiring an internet connection in offline mode.
The AIBA team works with museums, hospitals, public transport, shopping centres and corporate spaces to implement accessible indoor navigation and reference assistive technology.
If you represent an organisation and want to open your space to more people, get in touch.
filipe@aibased.eu