Highlights from the May Be My Eyes Newsletter

Stay up to date with the latest from Be My Eyes! From the workplace to the wider world, we’ve got a lot to share. This edition covers new tools for blind and low vision professionals, a closer look at the Groups feature, inspiring community stories, and the latest from our partner at Hilton. Plus, discover where you’ll find us this summer. Let’s dive in.

Discover Be My Eyes Workplace

For the working part of your life, we’d like to introduce you to Be My Eyes Workplace. Built for blind and low vision professionals, Workplace brings AI-powered visual assistance, real-time colleague support, and accessible file descriptions together in one place, everything you need to navigate your professional world independently.

Explore Workplace Here

Call people you know on Be My Eyes with Be My Eyes Groups

Did you know Be My Eyes has a group feature? Our volunteers are wonderful, but sometimes a familiar voice makes more sense, for questions that are a bit personal, or when someone already knows your home and your setup. With groups, you can call people you already know and trust, whether that’s family, friends, or colleagues, right alongside our 10 million+ volunteers.

Find out how to set up your first group

Here’s what blind and low vision guests are saying about Be My Eyes at Hilton

Since October 2024, Hilton has been part of the Be My Eyes Service Directory, meaning you can instantly connect through Be My Eyes with a trained Hilton team member who can see through your phone’s camera and help you navigate your room, on your schedule. We asked guests what they thought.

Read the full story here

Why accessible technology matters most where it’s least available

340 million people are blind or have low vision. 90% of them live in emerging economies, where most accessibility tools are either unavailable or unaffordable. Be My Eyes is free, low-bandwidth, and powered by a global volunteer network. For communities where disability support is underfunded and specialist services are scarce, that makes it something more than an app.

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Meet us at Vis-Ability and VivaTech this summer

We’re heading out to meet the world this summer. You’ll find us at Vis-Ability 2026 in London on June 10, joining senior leaders to explore the future of accessibility and employment in the UK. Then in July, we’ll be at VivaTech in Paris, one of Europe’s biggest innovation events, looking at what emerging technology means for inclusion. If you’re attending either event, we’d love to connect.

Discover where to find us

How Be My Eyes Became Part of Sana’s Everyday Life

Sana has been totally blind since birth. She’s also Global Chief Privacy Officer at a multinational engineering firm. And she hasn’t gone a day without Be My Eyes since a friend used the app to check her lipstick.

Discover Sana’s Story

One Engineer’s Blueprint for Life After Vision Loss

When Syed lost his vision in 2005 after being shot during a robbery, he rebuilt his life from scratch. Today he holds a master’s in computer science and works as an accessibility engineer at the American Foundation for the Blind.

Discover Syed’s Story

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