{"id":2396,"date":"2017-05-30T10:09:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T18:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2017-05-26T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T21:24:08","slug":"be-my-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/be-my-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Borrowing site&#8221; with Be My Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An eye-opening app produced by a non-profit startup in Copenhagen hopes to change life for people who are visually impaired.\u00a0Hans J\u00f8rgen Wiberg, who is visually impaired himself, came up with the idea for the application. Through his work at \u201cThe Danish Association of the Blind\u201d he recognized, that visually impaired often need help to cope with everyday tasks and he believed technology could help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Context_Blind.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2403 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Context_Blind-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Man standing in kitchen holding his phone up to a milk carton \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Context_Blind-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Context_Blind-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Context_Blind.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This apps works by allowing a\u00a0person with impaired vision to use direct video to reach a volunteer with sight. The app lets volunteers \u201csee\u201d for the blind person with the smartphone\u2019s live video function. Be My Eyes can help tasks, like reading labels or finding the right can on a shelf, become easier.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual-assistance component of Be My Eyes helps people who are blind keep their independence because they are still able to complete tasks on their own while just \u201cborrowing\u201d the eyes of a volunteer with sight. The app focuses more on working together than volunteers doing something completely for someone else. This attitude\u2014that people can work together to solve tasks, and that people who are blind can still do things on their own\u2014is what will make a difference.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blind-requests-helper-in-one-tap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2402 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blind-requests-helper-in-one-tap-300x200.png\" alt=\"Blind requests helper in one tap\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blind-requests-helper-in-one-tap-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blind-requests-helper-in-one-tap-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blind-requests-helper-in-one-tap.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, Be My Eyes is available for FREE in the AppStore. It\u2019s currently available for iPhone 4s and newer, but the creators plan to create an Android version. If you are interested in learning more about Be My Eyes check out their website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bemyeyes.com\/\">http:\/\/bemyeyes.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FREE Ability Tools Norther California will have an in-person presentation and demo by Be My Eyes on Thursday, June 1st, 2017 at the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers. For registration details, please visit Ability Tools\u2019 Training Registration Web Page at <a href=\"http:\/\/abilitytools.org\/training\/training-registration.php\">http:\/\/abilitytools.org\/training\/training-registration.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An eye-opening app produced by a non-profit startup in Copenhagen hopes to change life for people who are visually impaired.\u00a0Hans J\u00f8rgen Wiberg, who is visually impaired himself, came up with the idea for the application. Through his work at \u201cThe Danish Association of the Blind\u201d he recognized, that visually impaired often need help to cope&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,60,29],"tags":[71,8,6,76],"class_list":["post-2396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","category-blind-visual-impairment","category-technology","tag-accessibility","tag-apps-and-software","tag-blind","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396\/revisions\/2407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitytools.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}