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'Be My Eyes' App Crowdsources Help For the Blind
An anonymous reader writes: A new not-for-profit app, Be My Eyes, aims to help the visually-impaired by connecting them with volunteer users who can support them in their daily lives via live video calls. Once downloaded, Be My Eyes asks the user to identify as blind or sighted, to see if you require help or are offering it. When a blind person requests assistance the app scans the system for an available volunteer. The blind user connects with the volunteer over a video call and points to the item they would like described. Be My Eyes was created by Hans Jørgen Wiberg, a visually-impaired entrepreneur, at a startup event. Wiberg teamed up with Robocat, the Danish software studio behind Haze and Thermo, to make his vision a reality.
1. TFA clearly says Android App is coming soon
2. Blind people very rarely have issues picking clothes, they generally specifically choose clothes that can be easily identified by feel
3. Blind people do face a large number of issues on a daily basis other than picking clothes that this app could definitely help with (as mentioned in TFA, "Is this milk expired?" That's not something a QR code reader will help with
4. A QR code reader is pretty fucking useless if you can't see the code, or tell if the camera is pointed at it