Akhil Nagori

What they built

Akhil Nagori co-created Vision Glasses V2, AI-powered wearable glasses that translate printed text into speech in real time for visually impaired users. Inspired by watching his grandfather struggle to read Braille, he and two teammates built the $100 prototype using a Raspberry Pi and a camera. The device captures any printed text and reads it aloud at the press of a button, giving visually impaired students affordable access to reading materials. It won the $10,000 Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award at the 2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge.

Verified track record

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