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Jan 29, 2020
Unilad:
Blind Man Able To Find His Father’s Grave Thanks To Stranger On Video Chat
Jan 29, 2020
Forbes:
Tired Of Business Travel? Try Micro-Volunteering And Recharge Your Batteries By Doing Good
Jan 3, 2020
Diversity in Action:
Be My Eyes - Free app helps blind and low-vision people to be more independent
Jan 3, 2020
EU-startups:
10 promising European startups supporting people with disabilities
Nov 5, 2019
Forbes:
The Power Of Purpose: How Sam Latif And P&G Are Innovating To Serve The 1.7 Billion People With Disabilities Market
Nov 5, 2019
Health Central:
15 Tools That Help You See
Oct 10, 2019
Fashion Network:
Herbal Essences expands tactile packaging for vision-impaired people
Sep 24, 2019
Macular Degeneration:
Be My Eyes: My Handy Dandy iPhone Apps
Sep 19, 2019
Forbes:
An Innovative Way You Can Help Visually Impaired Aging Parents
Sep 17, 2019
Third Sector:
How charities can benefit from the power of micro-volunteering
Sep 2, 2019
Sifted:
Disability tech startups are booming — but so are prices
Sep 1, 2019
Tallahassee Democrat:
Be My Eyes app connects volunteers to help people with vision loss
Aug 29, 2019
El Dorado News-Times:
Students use app to assist blind, low-vision individuals
Aug 21, 2019
Kelowna Now:
It's like having a pair of eyes in your pocket (VIDEO)
Jul 31, 2019
UpWorthy:
People are sharing their heartwarming experiences with an app that lets you ‘see’ for blind people
Jul 21, 2019
WJTV:
Be My Eyes helps blind and low vision people navigate through everyday tasks
Jul 18, 2019
CBS58:
“A game changer:” App helps visually impaired see through volunteer’s eyes (video)
Jul 12, 2019
The Guardian:
I tried Be My Eyes, the popular app that pairs blind people with helpers
Jul 7, 2019
CBC news:
The kindness of strangers: Volunteers use app to provide a helpful pair of eyes to those who are blind
Jul 7, 2019
Evening Standard:
Millions of volunteers sign up to Be My Eyes app to help visually impaired with day-to-day tasks
May 16, 2019
RNIB:
Be My Eyes continues to expand help function to connect businesses to blind and partially customers
May 16, 2019
The Next Web:
The most compelling tech tools to assist the visually impaired
Apr 21, 2019
The Times:
Lloyds staff lend their eyes to blind customers
Apr 3, 2019
Virgin:
Visionary tools -The technology helping people to see
Mar 6, 2019
O2 Business:
Be My Eyes -The future of technology assistance for people with sight loss
Mar 6, 2019
Long Island News12:
App pairs blind, low-vision users with sighted volunteers
Feb 21, 2019
Hosting Advice:
Be My Eyes - A Free App Assisting Blind and Low-Vision Individuals Through Live Video Calls with Sighted Volunteers and Companies
Feb 1, 2019
Times of Malta:
You can be someone’s eyes through your smartphone
jan 28, 2019
WRCBtv:
What the Tech? App of the Day: "Be My Eyes"
jan 27, 2019
The Plainsman:
New app opens possibilities for low-visibility students
jan 11, 2019
Perkins - school for the blind:
Tips for Be My Eyes Volunteers from a Vision Impaired User
jan 8, 2019
NewsChannel 5 Nashville:
Free app uses video chat to help the blind, visually impaired with tasks
jan 2, 2019
Optometry Today:
Pocket perfection - how technology is transforming the lives of those with sight loss
jan 2, 2019
Perkins - school for the blind:
Be My Eyes App Review
Dec 29, 2018
The New Zealand Herald:
Answering a video call is another way to help a visually impaired person
Dec 28, 2018
The Washington Post:
Answering a quick video call to help a blind person is ‘so awesome’
Dec 4, 2018
Samsung:
Celebrate the Season of Giving with these Amazing Apps
nov 27, 2018
Newsweek:
What is the Be My Eyes app? Sighted volunteers can help the visually challenged virtually
nov 27, 2018
PCmagazine:
7 Ways to Donate on Giving Tuesday and Beyond
nov 14, 2018
The Next Web:
Be My Eyes app lets you lend your eyes to a blind person in real time
Aug 29, 2018
Lean Startup Co:
Be My Eyes Helps The Visually Impaired To See
Aug 23, 2018
KLTV:
App allows people with blindness to see through others' eyes
Aug 8, 2018
The Atlantic:
How Technology Can Help the Blind Set Their Own Expectations
Jul 26, 2018
World Economic Forum:
This app lets volunteers lend their sight to blind people
Jul 19, 2018
Japan Today:
Business that lends sight to the blind wins tech award
Jul 18, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation:
Business that lends sight to the blind wins tech award
Jul 17, 2018
The Guardian:
How apps have the potential to save lives
Jun 30, 2018
Business Insider:
I used an app to help a blind person work her washing machine - on the other side of the world
Jun 29, 2018
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering:
Be My Eyes Realises the Potential of Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired People
Jun 28, 2018
Metro:
This app lets you be a blind person’s eyes from anywhere in the world
Jun 19, 2018
Wales Online:
A blind Swansea woman is being helped to 'see' by complete strangers she'll probably never meet
May 8, 2018
Evening Standard:
Google picks best apps for Android that you need to download in 2018
APR 20, 2018
El Confidencial:
This is the most useful thing I've done with my 'smartphone' in 8 years: helping three blind people
Feb 16, 2018
The Sun:
Want to help blind people? This simple smartphone app lets you be their eyes
Nov 5, 2017
Lifehacker:
Blind-Assistance App “Be My Eyes” Is Now on Android
AUG 21, 2017
Medium:
Seeing is Believing: A Global Community for Inclusion
Jul 21, 2017
The Boston Globe:
Apps, devices turn their attention to visually impaired
Jun 26, 2017
The Guardian:
From Braille to Be My Eyes - there’s a revolution happening in tech for the blind
Oct 14, 2016
NBC:
‘Be My Eyes’ app let’s vision-impaired people crowdsource sight
Apr 14, 2016
Business Wire:
Zendesk Launches Partnership With Be My Eyes to Support Socially Minded Startups
DEC 15, 2015
NPR:
Help A Blind Person Identify Everyday Things, Via Smartphone App
Apr 29, 2015
New York Magazine:
Product Hunt Predicts the Tech Hits of 2016
Mar 29, 2015
Low Vision Radio:
Interview with the Be My Eyes App Creator, Hans Jørgen Wiberg
Mar 11, 2015
The Guardian:
Charity apps are supporting people and helping to find new volunteers
Feb 11, 2015
CNN Money:
App helps blind people see
Feb 10, 2015
Fox News:
New mobile app offers eyesight to visually-impaired people
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BBC:
Lend Me Your Eyes
Feb 17, 2015
ABC News:
Tech Breakthrough Helps The Blind See
Feb 4, 2015
CBS News:
Be My Eyes’ app helps blind people do everyday things
Feb 3, 2015
Business Insider:
The 13 best new apps you might have missed recently
Jan 31, 2015
The Daily Telegraph:
‘Micro-volunteer’ your time to help the blind
Jan 27, 2015
BBC Radio 4:
Simulating Blindness, Blind Darts, ‘Be My Eyes’ App
JAN 25, 2015
The Daily Beast:
You Can Be a Blind Person’s Eyes
JAN 21, 2015
Fast Company:
This App Lets You Lend Your Eyes To The Blind When They Need To See Something
Jan 17, 2015
Mashable:
If you’re blind, this app makes strangers your eyes
Jan 17, 2015
Russia Today:
Thousands sign up to assist blind via new ‘Be My Eyes’ app
Jan 17, 2015
TEDx:
Be My Eyes Hans Jørgen Wiberg at TEDx Copenhagen
Jan 16, 2015
Hufington Post:
Help The Blind Through Video Chat With This New App
Jan 16, 2015
Tech Crunch:
Be My Eyes Lets You Help A Visually-Impaired Person See Via Their Phone’s Video Camera
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CBS Evening News:
Be My Eyes app brings new meaning to iPhone
English
Mar 19, 2019
Mobile app Daily
: Be My Eyes App Expands Disability Support With Live Phone Help
Mar 13, 2019
DoubleTap
: Google Now Available On Be My Eyes
Feb 27, 2019
The bBetter India
: This Viral Reddit Post Will Help You Support The Visually Impaired in The Best Way
Feb 20, 2019
Efforts For Good
: From Any Corner Of The World, Help A Blind Person Cook A Recipe Or Switch On The Lights
Chinese
Sep 6, 2019
NTDTV
: 舉「手機」之勞！助視障和弱視人士能「看見」
Apr 2, 2019
SOHU
: 新鲜事 | 你愿意把你的眼睛借给我几分钟吗？
Jan 7, 2019
BBC
: 盲人如何辨別顏色 智能手機App顯神通
Czech
Sep 9, 2019
Portal Pelion
: Be My Eyes – oči všude
May 11, 2019
Český rozhlas
: Aplikace Be My Eyes usnadňuje život nevidomým: stává se doslova jejich očima
Spanish
Nov 14, 2019
Radio Mitre
: Be my eyes: una aplicación para ayudar a personas ciegas a realizar tareas cotidianas
Nov 14, 2019
Cristina Perez - cienradios
: Ser los ojos de una persona no vidente: la app que permite ayudar al que no puede ver
Sep 16, 2019
Elnueve
: Una app que te ayuda si tenés problemas visuales (VIDEO)
Aug 5, 2019
Eulixe
: Be my eyes - la app que te permite ser los ojos de un invidente
Aug 4, 2019
EL output
: Ser los ojos de usuarios invidentes o con baja visión: la magia de Be My Eyes y otras apps
Apr 24, 2019
Giving Tuesday
: Dar vista a las personas invidentess
Mar 15, 2019
Compromiso Empresarial
: Cuando las ‘apps’ aportan un beneficio social: Be my eyes
Feb 20, 2019
Asociación D.O.C.E.
: App Be My Eyes una forma de conectar por videollamadas
Feb 4, 2019
FAQ-MAC
: Mi primera llamada con Be My Eyes
Nov 15, 2018
RPP
: Be My Eyes: La aplicación que te permite "prestarle tus ojos" a una persona invidente
APR 20, 2018
El Confidencial
: Esto es lo más útil que he hecho con mi 'smartphone' en 8 años: ayudar a tres ciegos
Feb 17, 2015
CNN en Espanol
: La tecnología al servicio de los invidentes
Feb, 2015
MediaTrends:
Be my eyes, la app que devuelve la vista a los ciegos
Italian
Oct 2, 2019
UIC - Organizzazione:
Be My Eyes
Sep 3, 2019
superando.it:
Applicazioni utili per i dispositivi delle persone con disabilità visiva
Aug 16, 2019
fanpage.it:
Questa app aiuta i non vedenti a orientarsi videochiamando dei volontari
Apr 9, 2019
CAMO:
“Be My Eyes”, l’app solidale per non vedenti
Dec 11, 2018
La Repubblica:
Be My Eyes, l'app che aiuta i non vedenti con le videochiamate
Polish
Jan 23, 2020
Fundacja Mir:
Aplikacja Be My Eyes została stworzona, aby pomóc osobomo niedowidzącym oraz niewidomym
Slovak
Dec 10, 2017
Blind Revue:
Získajte oči na diaľku pomocou aplikácie Be My Eyes
Slovenian
Apr 8, 2019
Zveza slepih:
Be My Eyes: Pomoč ljudem z okvaro vida v trenutku, ko jo potrebujejo
Bulgarian
Dec 10, 2017
Капитал (CapitalBG):
Цепи мрака
German
Jan 24, 2019
ORF - TVthek:
App "Be my eyes": Unterstützung für blinde Menschen (VIDEO)
Feb 10, 2019
Chip:
Zwei geniale Kostenlos-Apps von Google: Für viele Menschen lösen sie ein großes Problem
NOV 23, 2018
Relaio:
Be My Eyes – Die App für den richtigen Durchblick
Jul 2, 2018
Lieber Natürlich:
Be My Eyes
Feb 6, 2015
Zeit:
Durchblick für alle
Sep, 2016
LAVIVA:
Guckst du für mich?
French
Sep 24, 2019
EYESEEmag:
Be my Eyes, et si vous pretiez vos yeux à un malvoyant?
May 23, 2019
France info:
Une appli pour prêter ses yeux aux malvoyants
Apr 1, 2019
Lucie Care:
Le smartphone au service des déficients visuels
Nov 20, 2018
Geeko:
Be My Eyes - une appli pour devenir les yeux des malvoyants
Jul 12, 2017
Oxytude:
Interview de l’été, Be my eyes
Hungarian
Feb 13, 2015
Origo:
A Be My Eyes alkalmazás
Portuguese
Aug 9, 2019
Razoes para acreditar:
App permite a desconhecidos ajudar pessoas cegas sendo “seus olhos” ao vivo
Jul 18, 2019
Projeto Colabora:
Aplicativo ajuda 120 mil pessoas a verem melhor
Mar 19, 2019
Celular1:
APP BE MY EYES – UM APLICATIVO PARA AJUDAR PESSOAS CEGAS
Aug 7, 2018
OGLOBO:
Aplicativo cria rede de voluntários para ajudar cegos em tarefas diárias
Jan 28, 2015
P3:
Be My Eyes: com esta app podes ser os olhos de um cego
Feb 22, 2015
Bol:
Aplicativo transforma usuários em “olhos” de deficientes visuais (Brazil)
Arabic
Sep 2, 2019
Al Jazeera:
Be My Eyes..أبلكيشن النور للمكفوفين
Jul 3, 2017
Al Jazeera:
هذا الصباح- تطبيق يربط المكفوفين بالمتطوعين
Luxembourgish
Feb 9, 2015
RTL:
Be My Eyes – eng aussergewéinlech App
Danish
Mar 19, 2018
Dansk Blindesamfund:
Kunstig intelligens i fokus på verdens største hjælpemiddelkonference
Dec 4, 2018
Optimisten:
Kan din telefon gøre verden til et bedre sted? (podcast)
Aug 13, 2018
DR:
Hans Jørgens app hjælper nu tusindvis af blinde over hele verden
Jun 28, 2018
Finans DK:
Blind iværksætter fik en idé: Nu hjælper han synshandicappede over hele verden
Feb 9, 2018
TV2 ØSTJYLLAND:
Ole er blind: Nu låner han andres øjne til at se
Dec 13, 2013
Berlingske:
Ny app forbinder frivillige og blinde
Jun 20, 2015
Politiken:
Blinde låner seende frivilliges øjne
Dutch
MAY 28, 2018
VTR:
De juiste pil innemen of zeker zijn dat u op het juiste perron staat? App "Be my eyes" voor blinden en slechtzienden
MAY 17, 2018
iPhoned:
Leen je ogen aan blinde mensen via de app Be My Eyes
Turkish
Jul 8, 2019
haberler.com:
Görme Engellilerin Gözü Olabileceğiniz Uygulama: Be My Eyes
Vietnamese
Jul 12, 2019
Sao Star:
Ứng dụng này cho phép bạn giúp đỡ người khiếm thị bằng cách vô cùng độc đáo
Thai
Mar 20, 2015
MacThai:
แนะนำแอพ Be My Eyes ให้คุณเป็นดวงตาแทนคนตาบอด รองรับภาษาไทย ใช้ได้จริง !!
Korean
Jun 8, 2015
Edu & Story:
시각장애인 실시간 도움 앱 “BE MY EYES”
Japanese
Mar 25, 2019
Engadget Japan:
視覚障がい者の生活を変えた「Be My Eyes」開発者がApple京都に登場、発想をアプリに落とし込むコツを伝授
Feb 19, 2019
認知症Cafést Online:
スマホアプリでQOLの低下を防止
Featured Podcasts
Sep 9, 2018
RNIB Connect radio:
Be My Eyes & Lloyds Team Up to Improve VI Customer Service
Aug 14, 2019
Human Potential At Work:
E172: Be My Eyes - An App That is Bringing Sight To People Who are Blind and Visually Impaired
Aug 1, 2019
Seize the Good:
Be My Eyes App - Bringing sight to blind and low-vision people
Jul 24, 2019
Blind Bargains:
#NFB19 Audio - What To Expect When You’re Expecting News From Be My Eyes
JUL 19, 2019
Blind Abilities:
Bringing Sight to People Who Happen to be Blind and Low-Vision – Meet the Be My Eyes Team. #NFB19
Mar 22, 2019
Wake Up and Level Up:
Giving Back with Be My Eyes
Mar 13, 2019
Blind Abilities:
CSUNATC19 - Join Kyndra Lococo from Google, Alexander Hauerslev Jensen and Will Butler from Be My Eyes, As They Announce Google as the Newest Specialized Help Partner on the Be My Eyes App!
Mar 10, 2019
Blind Like Me:
Be My eyes App
2018
Life After Blindness:
Be My Eyes Interview with Hans Wiberg
2018
RNIB Connect radio:
App Review - Be My Eyes
Nov 13, 2018
RNIBConnect radio - TechTalk:
Alexa to Windows, Narrator the best screen reader, and emails (11:04)
SEP 26, 2018
Innovation For All:
Be My Eyes Moile micro-volunteering for the blind with Hans Wiberg
Jul 5, 2018
Aftenklubben - NOVA:
Be My Eyes - Hjælp Blinde med at se
Jun 14, 2018
The Kieno Kammies Show:
BeMyEyes - Bringing sight to blind and people with low vision
Apr 26, 2018
Here & Now:
How Technology Is Changing The Way Blind People Get Visual Information
Mar 27, 2018
Blind Bargains:
Be My Eyes Helps People in 182 Languages, Expands Partnerships
Mar 19, 2018
Blind Abilities:
Interview with Be My Eyes Hans Wiberg and Community Directer Alexander Jensen: Specialized Help and Community Stories
Feb 20, 2018
Health Redesigned:
Lending a pair of eyes to the blind
