EYES FOR BLIND -THROUGH A APP !!!

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn’t there.

NOW YOU CAN CONNECT WITH BLIND THROUGH iPhones and iPads

So there is a new app BE MY EYES which is a non-profit app to help the blind by connecting them with people who can assist them with their daily lives over live video.

This new app  helps you lend your eyes to a visually impaired person  and answer their question over a video chat to help them navigate or read a sign.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Copenhagen-based app Be My Eyes, which launched on Thursday, connects blind people and sighted people through their iPhones and iPads.

The app's users are divided into two groups: sighted "helpers" and the visually impaired. 

When a blind user needs help, the app launches their iPhone's rear-facing camera and connects them with a helper who can provide assistance.

The majority of the app's users are helpers. Being a helper is kind of like being on call; the app notifies random helpers that another user requires assistance, though helpers are not obligated to take the call. (If a helper declines, the app will notify more people until someone answers.)

If you’re a sighted user and you get a request, it will come through your phone as a push notification with a ringing sound. If you tap the notification, you’ll be connected and a video will pop up, showing whatever the blind user is filming. You’ll also be able to hear him or her speak and ask a question.

since you’re connected to each other via live video, there are obviously some ways in which users could abuse the system. “Both the blind person and the sighted person are allowed to report each other for misuse
iPhones and iPads have services built in to help blind users. You can use VoiceOver for iOS to get your iPhone or iPad to help you navigate your screen, type, read, use apps and more

With this app daily activities from crossing a road to checking a expiration date on a carton has gone easier with BE MY EYES

The app officially launched on Thursday for Ios devices and the user base has zoomed. Don’t be surprised if you aren’t immediately connected to a blind user when you download the app; already, nearly 8,000 volunteers have signed up and provided 1,500 instances of help to more than 750 blind users at the time of publication.

The results have been impressive. The app has a large base of users in Denmark, but it’s building a community of users in the United States as well, and there are plenty of English speakers signed up.

The idea started over 2 years ago said kristensen(project coordinator). Te concept for Be My Eyes comes from years of challenges faced by inventor and founder Hans Jørgen Wiberg. The 50-year-old furniture craftsman started losing his vision at 25. Now he’s building a network to make sure others won’t have to struggle in the same way he did.

 Wiberg  and his partners found other services like, TAPTAPSEE  an app designed to identify objects for visually impaired users. He also met with members of startup Quest Visual while they were demoing a prototype in San Francisco—the company has since been subsumed by google and its software is behind the new google translate real-time update