[NFB-Idaho] Fwd: Be My Eyes Newsletter - October 2022

[Frank Skogsberg]

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> From: Be My Eyes <no-reply at bemyeyes.com>
> Date: October 28, 2022 at 9:01:28 AM MDT
> To: Frank Skogsberg <skogsbergf at gmail.com>
> Subject: Be My Eyes Newsletter - October 2022
> Reply-To: no-reply at bemyeyes.com
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> In this month’s edition: Clearblue extends its services to Italy and France, vote.org joins Be My Eyes for the US midterms elections, a new service from Barilla and another incredible milestone for Be My Eyes!
> Read it online or as a plain text.
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> OCTOBER 2022 
> Be My Eyes Newsletter
> News & Updates
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> Vote.org joins Be My eyes for the US midterms elections
> For the 2022 midterm elections, Be My Eyes and vote.org are once again teaming up – to make sure that for any American with a visual impairment, the process of registering and preparing to vote is as clear and accessible as possible. If you’re blind or have low vision and need some sighted assistance with your voter registration, you can now connect with volunteers to help access vote.org tools and resources through Be My Eyes Specialized Help, to make sure you’re all set for the upcoming election.
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> Read more about our partnership with Vote.org
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> Clearblue is expanding its Specialized Help support to Italy and France!
> Taking a pregnancy test is an emotional experience no matter the outcome. Sharing your results on your own terms is something that has been out of reach for many vision impaired women and couples for too long. In 2019, Be My Eyes partnered with Clearblue to change that! And this month, we are expanding that support to Italy and France!
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> Barilla is expanding accessibility to pasta by adding QR codes on packaging!
> Barilla and Be My Eyes are thrilled to expand accessibility to pasta products for those in need of visual assistance. In one easy step, consumers can use their smartphone camera to scan the QR code on top of the Barilla pasta box and will be instantly connected to Barilla experts through the Be My Eyes app. Once there, they can request any visual information they wish, such as information on pasta cuts, recipes, cooking instructions, expiration dates, or other visual product questions..
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> Read more about Brailla's QR codes
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> Be My Eyes celebrates 6 million volunteers joining the app since 2015
> On World Sight Day 2022, we celebrated reaching over 6 million volunteers! Be My Eyes connects those volunteers with over 400,000 blind and low-vision people within 150+ countries in 180+ languages! Thank you to our amazing volunteers!
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> Go to bemyeyes.com
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> Do you want to be featured on Be My Eyes’s social media?
> We’re revamping our Community Stories! This means that you now have a chance to be featured on our social media channels. All you'll have to do is record a short video of yourself, briefly introducing yourself and answering one of the questions below. The video will be shared across our social media channels to give people a look into our diverse community of users and volunteers.
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> Below follows some specific instructions for the video:
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> Please record the video in vertical mode (how you would normally hold your phone in your hand).
> Please make sure that the room is properly lit and not too noisy.
> When answering your selected question, please include the question in your sentence, so viewers can follow along without knowing the questions you're answering.
> Please be as brief and precise as possible and preferably keep the video shorter than 1 minute.
> Please begin the video with a brief introduction on yourself touching on the following:
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> Your name
> Where you're from
> What you do
> If you're a blind/low-vision user or a volunteer
> Your level of sight
> After introducing yourself, please answer one of the following questions.
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> For blind/low-vision users:
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> How do you use Be My Eyes? Have you used Be My Eyes in an unusual way?
> What's the best experience you've had with Be My Eyes?
> How has Be My Eyes helped you most?
> What does having access to Be My Eyes mean to you?
> Has Be My Eyes put you in contact with someone special?
> For volunteers:
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> Describe your most memorable call
> How do you feel after taking a Be My Eyes call?
> What's your favorite thing about being a Be My Eyes volunteer?
> Why did you decide to become a Be My Eyes volunteer?
> What have you learned from being a Be My Eyes volunteer?
> Please send your video to mystory at bemyeyes.com. We hope to see you featured on our social media soon!
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> What People are Saying
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> “Be My Eyes is not just a digital platform. It’s a family of a group of unrelated individuals with a common goal called impact.”
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> Seyi, volunteer from Nigeria
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> “It is so freeing, liberating I guess, to know that when I'm in Dutch somewhere or I'm in trouble, and I can't get out of it, and there's no one that I can call on at five in the morning, Be My Eyes is there.”
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> Penny, blind user from USA
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> Help us make Be My Eyes better!
> We need your help! If there are any organizations or businesses that you would like to contact directly through Be My Eyes, let us know!
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> Request companies for Specialized Help
> That’s all for now. Until we’re back next month, remember that you can stay up to date by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
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> Greetings! 
> The Be My Eyes Team.
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> See the world together.
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> Total sign-ups to this day
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> 440,180
> Blind and low-vision users
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> 6,097,632
> Volunteers
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