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Hindsight is 2020: A Look Back on a Turbulent Year, Even though 2020 has been an extraordinarily challenging year for the whole world, we want to start 2021 off right by focusing on what we were able to accomplish together this year..

Meet InclusionHub, the Digital Inclusion Database, InclusionHub is a free online resource for diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion specialists everywhere – and Be My Eyes is joining as a founding partner..

How to Create a Case for Accessibility, Developing a case for accessibility entails measured steps that satisfy a host of concerns..

9 Tips to Becoming a Better Volunteer, Learn some tips directly from our community of over 500,000 blind and visually impaired users on how to be the most effective visual assistant. .

Disabled During Lockdown: Some Helpful Things to Consider, Covid-19 regulations and guidelines can be extra complicated for many people with disabilities. On International Day of People with Disabilities, we’re asking our community to think twice before making assumptions.

Hands-free, Eyes-free: Be My Eyes’ Recommend Accessories and Wearables, 2020, Our list of recommendations for accessories and wearables that allow for a hands-free Be My Eyes experience..

5 Ways to Help Your Company’s Visually Challenged Customers, Customers with vision challenges often require a specialized approach in how companies target customer service..

Accessible Pharmacy joins Be My Eyes, Two blind-founded companies are teaming up to assist blind and low vision consumers with medication support, COVID testing and more..

Blind organizations from Iceland and Slovakia are now available on Be My Eyes, In October, we welcomed two new local blind organizations to the Be My Eyes Community; Blindrafelagid from Iceland and UNSS from Slovakia..

How to Make Your Workplace More Inclusive for Visually Impaired Employees, Making sure your workplace is inclusive for employees and possible employees who are blind or have low vision can seem like a daunting task. But it’s a lot more simple than it seems - it’s all about changing the culture and the way you think..

How Be My Eyes Can Help People with Dyslexia, Be My Eyes is not just for people who are blind or have low vision - people with varying degrees of Dyslexia can also benefit from Be My Eyes to get assistance with deciphering words and sentences as well as spell checks..

Watch TV Together: Spectrum Access App is a Leap Forward for Entertainment Accessibility, The free iOS app allows the user to access audio description, captions, and other accessibility content independently..

Welcoming New Local Blind Organizations to Specialized Help, Blind organizations in Denmark, Nepal, and South Africa join Be My Eyes Specialized Help to offer a new way to connect for their members..

Guide Dogs for the Blind joins Be My Eyes!, Guide Dogs for the Blind has helped to provide independence for countless individuals for nearly 80 years — and we’re happy to now be working together towards that common goal..

How do blind people read? Be My Eyes celebrates ‘Read a Book Day’, Sunday is National Read a Book Day, and September 8th is International Literacy Day — so to celebrate, here are the Top Five reads from the Be My Eyes team along with where to access them..