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Phone It Forward - Donate a smartphone, Phone it Forward is a CNIB program that gives smartphones to people with sight loss who need them..

Be My Eyes and Moovit join forces to make public transit more accessible in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Iceland, Too often, public transit is insufficiently designed for people who are blind or have a low level of vision. Be My Eyes and Moovit are teaming up to pursue one common goal: to make public transit more accessible for people living with blindness or vision loss. .

Localizing Be My Eyes - Spread the Word in Your Own Words!, Language should provide greater access, not limitation. In order to spread Be My Eyes’ message across nations and beyond English speakers, the time has come to offer localized webpages and video subtitles. The localized webpage is already up and running in Danish, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin and Hebrew and we’re inviting you to help us translate it into your native language!.

Microsoft Extends Specialized Help Support to 24/7 for Be My Eyes Users, Microsoft is expanding their technical support offering for Be My Eyes users to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Customers who are blind or have low vision can now contact Microsoft agents directly through the Specialized Help feature of Be My Eyes at any time. This feature is only available in English..

More Than A Smart Cane, WeWalk is a new smart cane that, among other things, can detect obstacles with it's ultrasonic sensor..

National Federation of the Blind 2018 National Convention, Be My Eyes attended the NFB 2018 National Convention in Florida, where we were honored with the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award..

Tech4Good, Be My Eyes attended the Tech4Good awards in London, where we were honored to receive two awards..

¡Hola! and Olá!, Be My Eyes' introduction emails are now translated to Spanish and Portuguese with the help of our friends at Latinlingua..

Our First Community Meetup, The first Be My Eyes Community Meetup took place in Hong Kong..

Be My Eyes to be Displayed in Local Danish Museum, Be My Eyes is part of an exhibition at Struer Museum that displays selected winners of Danish Design Award..

Welcome, Siri!, New feature for blind and low vision iPhone users..

Microsoft + Be My Eyes Collaboration Video Feature, Microsoft has made a video that showcases how they utilize the Specialized Help feature..

Introducing Specialized Help, New feature for blind and low vision users.