[Ohio-talk] FW: cool app for sighted-blind interactions

[Smith, JW]

Many of you I'm sure are aware of this below but for those who are not yet, read on!

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From: Tikkanen, Stephanie
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:19 PM
To: Smith, JW
Subject: cool app for sighted-blind interactions

JW,

Given our conversation yesterday, I thought I'd share this with you! I came across it in an article about under-used social media sites. It's an app that connects sighted persons to blind persons via video chat, and allows the sighted person to help translate a situation for the blind person, like reading a sign or something.

Thought you might find it cool! Link bloew to a website with more info, and then a brief description of what they do.

http://www.bemyeyes.org/

BeMyEyes<http://www.bemyeyes.org/>: Technically speaking, BeMyEyes is not a social network. That said, it provides one of the most intimate interactions you'll ever have with another person via technology. Designed to help blind people to solve everyday problems, the iPhone app connects the vision-impaired with fully-sighted users via video chat. Users can then point their iPhone's camera to show their remote helpers the situation at hand - a door sign, an expiration date, a piece of mail. The sighted person lends their eyes to help the blind user solve their problem. It's that simple, but it's also that amazing.

Enjoy!

Stephanie

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