OpenRouter in blindGram: free AI models with one API key
OpenRouter is blindGram Assistant's default AI provider. One free account and no card gives you image descriptions, summaries, and answers about messages.
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OpenAI in blindGram: GPT-4o and Whisper for voice messages
OpenAI is the only preset provider in blindGram Assistant that hears your voice messages itself, through Whisper. Here is what that costs and how to set it up.
Google Gemini in blindGram: free API key, models, and limits
Gemini gives blindGram Assistant a free API key from Google AI Studio, no card needed. Here are the current models, the setup path, and the free tier's limits.
Custom AI provider in blindGram: Ollama, vLLM, and proxies
The Custom provider lets blindGram Assistant use any OpenAI-compatible server: Ollama on your computer, a company gateway, or a proxy. Here is what it needs.
Claude in blindGram: image descriptions and text summaries
Anthropic's Claude is one of five AI providers in blindGram Assistant. It describes photos and summarizes long messages well, but cannot hear a voice message.
How to Set Up an AI Provider in blindGram Assistant
blindGram Assistant can connect to several AI providers for accessible image descriptions, message questions, and summaries. Setup requires a provider account, API key, and compatible model.
blindGram 15.0 lets you ask AI about any Telegram message
blindGram 15.0 is out on Telegram 12.10.0. You can now ask an AI about any message, walk every part of a rich message, and search the blindGram settings.
blindGram 14.5 Beta 5 Fixed Background Delivery, Downloads, Backups, Calls, and AI
blindGram 14.5 Beta 5 and Assistant 0.5 were released on August 21, 2026, with reliability work across messaging, media, settings, calls, and AI.
blindGram 14.5 Beta 4 Updated Its Paired Assistant to Version 0.4
blindGram 14.5 Beta 4 and blindGram Assistant 0.4 were published together on August 18, 2026, one day after the feature-heavy third beta.
blindGram 14.5 Beta 3 Added AI Conversations, Summaries, and Rich-Message Access
blindGram 14.5 Beta 3 and Assistant 0.3 were released on August 17, 2026, with the first broad public test of blindGram's AI accessibility workflow.