The Be My Eyes app uses technology to pair those with vision impairments and need assistance with someone who can help. It's a form of micro-volunteering that has brought people together.

Others, such as the Danish app Be My Eyes lets users interact directly through a live video feed. Chris Danielsen, a director at the National Federation of the Blind in the U.S., says while these ...

A new mobile app aims to help the blind in those situations. Be My Eyes connects individuals in need of visual assistance with sighted volunteers via a video call. There is a simple brilliance ...

Fortunately, technology has stepped in to bridge this gap, and the “Be My Eyes” app is at the forefront of this revolution. Be My Eyes is a remarkable smartphone application that connects ...

An app called "Be My Eyes" is helping connect blind or visually impaired users with volunteers to help them with visual tasks. It's accessible in 180 different languages with more than a million ...

"And for me, the lights went out about 2009." Fischler, a New York-based standup comedian and podcaster, has used the app Be My Eyes since it first came out eight years ago. It relies on sighted ...

Not a problem; the Be My Eyes app has a flashlight icon on the call screen, allowing the sighted volunteer to send out a strong beam of light onto the subject at hand. I used this, then decoded ...

The iPhone will now let users lend their eyes to the blind. A new app called Be My Eyes uses the iPhone’s video call capability to help guide the blind in challenging situations. Be My Eyes has ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An app called "Be My Eyes" brings sight to blind or visually-impaired people. It's a free program, connecting sighted volunteers to those who need help with everyday tasks.

FISCHLER: Oh, how funny. I'm signed up for... MURASHIMA: He's using an app called Be My Eyes. It relies on volunteers to do things like describe holiday cards or tell you if that can in your ...

A new app created by Danish craftsman Hans Jørgen Wiberg seeks to make life easier for the blind by connecting them with sighted volunteers. Be My Eyes allows anyone with a visual impairment to ...