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Basic needs for all

Kibo
3 min readMay 13, 2021

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This is a follow-up to my last article where we reflected upon our journey over the last two years with Kibo App and how we have progressed in our journey since 2017. You can read the story by clicking here — 2 Years of Kibo

In this post, I wanted to share how all of us at Trestle Labs are inching closer to our mission-

“To ensure that Kibo app is available to everyone — irrespective of geography, demography, affordability or internet availability constraints”

Introducing Kibo Basic Plan

Kibo Basic Plan is free, and will always be!

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All Kibo Basic Plan features are offline, so you can use them without internet connectivity.

Screenshot of Kibo Basic Plan

Kibo Basic Plan features include

CAPTURE TO READ — Instantly access printed and handwritten documents

INSTANT ACCESS — Access the text and objects around you without capturing photos

GET IMAGE DETAILS — Access the text and objects in images — JPG, JPEG, PNG

READ YOUR DOCUMENTS — Support for five digital file formats — Docx, Txt, PDF, Daisy and EPub

READ YOUR AUDIOBOOKS — Support for three audio file formats — MP3, OPUS, OGG

OPEN E-BOOK LIBRARY — Access to a repository of 1 million+ books to download and listen

NOTE TAKER — Accessible way to take notes and organize in folders

AUDIO RECORDER — Record audio lectures or take audio-notes

No payments required. It’s all yours to use and benefit.

Note: Since Kibo Basic Plan works offline, currently it offers support for English and other Latin-based languages. However, my team and I will continue to work hard to bring the best experience to you.

Did you know: The audio-recorder and note-taker feature was introduced in the Kibo app because our users complained that they had to keep using multiple apps to take notes and record audio.

With this, we aim to reach visually-impaired users across the world and make sure money is never a barrier to access content.

In case you don’t have the app installed, you can install it from this link — Download Kibo App

In my next post, I’ll talk about our New Kibo Prime+ subscription plans and how we plan to cross borders and reach our next milestone of 50,000+ users.

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With love and best wishes.

Your friend,

Kibo

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Kibo

Inclusion ambassador; On a mission to empower the visually-impaired community towards inclusive education and employment through universal content accessibility