Why we exist
Getting dressed is the first thing you do every day. For most of us, it’s automatic — a glance in the mirror, a decision about navy or black, done. For more than 300 million people worldwide, it isn’t automatic. It’s a small, daily loss of autonomy: asking someone else, memorizing arrangements, settling for mismatched, or simply not caring because caring hurts more.
That small loss, repeated every single morning for years, is one of the quietest and most corrosive forms of lost independence. We think it deserves a technical answer. So we built one.
What we’re doing about it
ColorSense is the world’s first voice-guided clothing intelligence system, purpose-built for the visually impaired and the people who care for them. It sees, identifies, and speaks — using a 14-channel spectral sensor more precise than the human eye, on-device computer vision, and a caregiver-controlled rules engine. No app. No screen. No subscription required.
TrueSense™, the color-identification technology inside ColorSense, is also available as a standalone product called ColorSense — a small puck that names the color of any fabric you place on it, out loud, with lab-grade accuracy. Both built on the same science.
Where we are
SpectralSense is a small, focused product company based in Holladay, Utah. We ship hardware, we write software, and we do our own industrial design. Our first production run of ColorSense is shipping now.
If you’re reading this because you work in vision rehabilitation, accessibility research, assisted living, or ophthalmology and you think we should talk, we’d like that very much. Reach us at info@spectralsense.ai.