In this month’s edition: Be My Eyes celebrates 600,000 blind and low vision users, Be My Eyes partners with Zappar to bring AI-assisted cooking for blind and low vision shoppers in the UK, learn more about Be My Eyes Groups for Friend and Family and a featured story about Be My A!
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Be My Eyes has reached 600,000 blind and low vision users on Valentine’s Day, the best time to celebrate the love for our incredible community! This incredible milestone comes just 9 months after we celebrated 500,000 blind and low vision users, setting a new speed record for community expansion: this is the fastest-ever addition of 100,000 blind and low vision users to our community.
Discover all the new Be My Eyes features and updatesWith AQR for product packaging, Be My Eyes and Zappar are now able to deliver a level of end-to-end experience both for the community and brands that can ensure that the information delivered from product packaging is unambiguous, accurate and trusted.
Learn more about Zappar accessible QR codesWith Be My Eyes Groups, individuals who are blind or have low vision can build their own custom network of people to help with everyday tasks, like reviewing a paper mail or reading personal documents such as financial statements, bank communications or medical prescriptions.
Discover Be My Eyes Groups for Friends and FamilyMilagros shares her experience with Be My AI and how it provides more nuanced and detailed visual information, allowing her to explore and understand images in a more comprehensive way than previous technology.
Read Milagros' story“I didn't even know that we could be so precise in the description of a photo, more surely badly taken. With Be My Eyes, AI makes it possible to reorganize information and better understand. In short, I am impressed, delighted and regret not having been interested in it earlier!”
Sophie, Be My Eyes User
“Be My Eyes not only helped me upgrade my friend's computer efficiently but has continuously surpassed expectations. It's gone from awesome to a level of excellence that the English language doesn't have words for!”
Jason, Be My Eyes User
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The Be My Eyes Team.
Total sign-ups to this day
600,000
Blind and low-vision users
7,235,037
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