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Featured in the Press
English
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
Chinese
Jan 7, 2019
BBC
: 盲人如何辨別顏色 智能手機App顯神通
Spanish
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
Dec 11, 2018
La Repubblica:
Be My Eyes, l'app che aiuta i non vedenti con le videochiamate
Slovenian
Dec 10, 2017
Zveza slepih:
Be My Eyes: Pomoč ljudem z okvaro vida v trenutku, ko jo potrebujejo
Bulgarian
Dec 10, 2017
Капитал (CapitalBG):
Цепи мрака
German
– 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
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 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
Jul 3, 2017
Al Jazeera:
هذا الصباح- تطبيق يربط المكفوفين بالمتطوعين
Luxembourgish
Feb 9, 2015
RTL:
Be My Eyes – eng aussergewéinlech App
Danish
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
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”
Featured Podcasts
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
