[Blindtlk] KNFB Reader App & Be My Eyes App

[Christel Sogenbits]

Hi!

I will copy a e-mail here, what i got. It says who is the mind behind the app and soone.

Copyed text:
Be My Eyes - new app connecting blind to a network of sighted volunteers



I’m Hans Jørgen Wiberg, visually impaired and member of Danish Blind Society.

I’ve created the app called Be My Eyes which connects visually impaired people to a network of volunteers helpers with a live audio/video connection for iPhone and iPad. We launch the app Thursday, January 15, at noon Central European Time at which time it will be available in the AppStore worldwide. Be My Eyes is a non-profit and supported by the Danish Blind Society - because we’re non-profit we have limited resources for marketing so we hope you will help us share the message.

I hope you will help me make the members of your organization aware of this new app for example in a member magazine or through your online channels.
If you have any questions please contact me.

You can find further information on our website <http://bemyeyes.getforge.io/> and pictures and video material for use in member magazines or blog posts here: http://bemyeyes.org/press

Kind regards

Hans Jørgen Wiberg

skypename: hans.jorgen.wiberg

phone: +45 60 85 86 87


PS: We are trying to raise awareness on ThunderClap to attract the community of volunteers needed to help blind users. Thunderclap will share the same message at the same time on Facebook and Twitter - so if your organization has a twitter account we would greatly appreciate if you could support us there: http://bit.ly/SupportBeMyEyesOnThunderclap


Regards
Hans Jørgen Wiberg
Sdr. Vedby Skovvej 19
4800 Nykøbing Falster
Denmark
+45 60858687 <+45%2060858687>
Skype: hans.jorgen.wiberg
facebook.com/bemyeyes.org
www.bemyeyes.org
Link til min TEDx Copenhagen talk o m Be My Eyes  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeLJxCSLC0&sns=em
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With best wishes,
Christel 


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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:32 AM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindtlk] KNFB Reader App & Be My Eyes App

KNFB Reader App
Just a heads up, I just saw on another group e-mail that the KNFB Reader App is now $49.99, it was originally $99.00.  I verified it, I don't know how long it will be this low so if you are interested now may be the time.  This is an iPhone app.


The KNFB Reader App is an App that you can use to take a picture of a document and it will read the document to you.  I know many people using it and they really like it.

Be My Eyes iPhone App
I also wanted to share this today, I am putting it in my weekly Office Update and thought it would be great to help spread the word... It is a free app for now, I hear it's funded through September.  I don't know who owns or created this app, but it sounds like it could be very useful.  It would be great if blind users gave it a shot in support of the effort.  I loaded the app today, it has over 8000 blind users, over 99,000 volunteers, and has assisted in over 21,000 requests so far.  Pretty cool.

Blind Users access app and get linked to sighted volunteer who can assist in reading labels, expiration dates on food, alerting to surroundings, all kinds of stuff that in any given moment you just need that quick identification of something.
 
Get to the article direct here: http://www.blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=12200
 
Direct link to Be My Eyes here: http://www.bemyeyes.org/ Load the App in the Apple App Store (search Be My Eyes to find it), I did, it’s free for now.  I hope it is successful.

Thank you,
Kathy Ungaro

Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors
53 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 502
Chicago, IL 60604 



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