Be My Eyes Android App Review
Sadly, there are unfortunate people around us who are blind and hence might need other’s help to move around. Be My Eyes app for Android serves as a networking platform wherein you can lend your eyes to a blind person in need through a live video connection or be assisted by the network of sighted users. The app is all about contributing and benefiting from small acts of kindness, and anyone can hope in and get involved. Be My Eyes app may be downloaded for free from Google Play.
How the App Helps the Blind?
Both blind and sighted people sign up for Be My Eyes app for Android. When assistance is required, the blind or visually impaired users can request help from a sighted volunteer, who will be notified on their phone. As soon as the first sighted user accepts the request for help, a live audio-video connection will be set up between the two parts. The sighted helper can now assist the blind or visually impaired, through the video connection from the blind or visually impaired user’s rear-facing camera.
As a sighted user, you are part of the big Be My Eyes volunteer-network, so don’t worry about leaving a blind person hanging, if you are not able to answer a request. The app will forward the request and find the next available volunteer. The requested help could be anything ranging from knowing the expiry date on the milk, to making sure that their clothes match. It is found that most calls for help are answered within 60 seconds of making the call, on average. The UI design of Be My Eyes app for Android is user friendly. Placing a call request is easy enough. You can add the languages you speak from settings. It is also stable. The app needs Android OS 4.4+.
Conclusion
Be My Eyes app for Android is a noble concept to assist blind people when they’re in need of help. The app notifies a sighted volunteer when a request for help is made by a visually impaired person. If the first volunteer is not available, the app automatically searches for the next available one. As soon as a sighted user accepts the request, an audio-video link is established between the two parties whereupon the sighted volunteer could assist the blind person. It must be appreciated that help usually arrives in less than 60 seconds on average. The app UI is easy to use as well. To sum it up, a digital platform wherein blind people could find sighted volunteers willing to be their eyes when in need.
Category: Free Android Apps
