Be My Eyes App Reviews

I downloaded the app literally a few hours ago and was able to do my first call! It was super fun and the person was super thankful trying to find her toothbrush!

Blind people cant call you because THEY CANT SEE BECAUSE THEY ARE BLIND JUST SAYING... Also why would they have an aid to help them call random people on the Internet if the aid was there JUST SAYING X2 REKT FEDORA NERDS

I would love to give this app more stars because it is a great idea and has helped people already. However, the developer makes the same mistake that a lot of folks do when it comes to the visually impaired. In order to use this as a blind person you have to have Voiceover turned on in the Accessibility section. Not all people that qualify as blind are totally blind. There is a good sized population that have some vision that dont use the Voiceover feature. I downloaded the app, thinking it would be great for me when I need help reading something. I tried out the Voiceover feature and did not like it at all. Since I dont like it, I cant use the app. Dont assume all blind people do things in the same way. Let us choose what accessibility features we want to use.

Great app for someone who cannot see.there always seems to be a nice volunteer available 24-7 when a pair of eyes are needed to identify or help figure something out. Recently used the app to discover what the robot vacuum LCD screen displayed when I updated the firmware. 1001 uses! Just remember to be patient as the volunteersare sincerely trying to help! My sincere thanks and gratitude for those generous volunteers for their patients, valuable time and help! T. Barr USA

While the app is a great idea and Im sure it has helped a number of people, its practically useless to the sighted person who wants to help. Ive had the app for more than four months and only once has the app alerted me that someone needed help. I answered immediately, but someone else had taken the call first. With 333,000 sighted people and only 25,000 blind using the app, the chances of actually getting to help someone are very slim. Instead, it simply takes up space on my phone.

App repeatedly tells me to check for an Internet connection. It wont allow me to login, it wont send password recovery, it wont work.

This app is a great example of the power of technology to actually improve the lives of anyone. This app focuses on blind or sight challenged folks in a clever way. I am not blind but its just as important to me because it engaged me and makes me feel like part of a community every time I help out a blind person in need. Every interaction Ive had on the app so far has been positive and I believe I was able to help the person on the other end. My only complaint is that I do not get enough notifications to help out but thats because there are already so many others ready to help which is a great thing. Next time you spend 20 minutes reading through a pointless Twitter storm rant or waste half a day on Facebook, remember that apps like this are the reason tech enthusiasts are so passionate about tech. I would love to see this concept expanded out to help anyone with needs. BTW, my latest Be My Eyes call was some blind dude trying to pick out the best shirt to wear for an interview. I could help him by describing the shirts to him but then he started asking me for help on an entire matching outfit so I took the phone to my wife who helped me help him. Point is, we all need help from each other from time to time.

Ive been a member of this site for about 2-3 months now and I have not helped anyone. I havent shared this on Facebook and Twitter. I wonder if they just want you to share their site to get likes and attention. Its sad because I really thought I was going to help people.

You get to help blind people! If thats not enough for you to get this app, Im not judging you (just kidding)

I really love this app! It has helped me out a lot, with things such as navigation around buildings, and navigation outdoors. I cant recommend this app enough! Heres just a little tip for sighted users trying to help out blind users. If you have not received any calls for a while, please be aware that there are blind people who do not know about this app as of yet. I encourage anyone thinking about deleting this app to keep it on their phone. Dont worry, eventually you will get a call. For those of you worrying about fake calls, it is mandatory now that blind users keep voiceover on during the call, so that sighted people know that the user is blind. Fore sighted users thinking that it is funny to prank call other people trying to help, well, thats just them being foolish. This is an awesome app, as I have stated, and I hope its here to stay!

I just received my first call after being signed up for 4 months. It felt good to help someone so easily.

Brilliant idea and glad to be part of it! The servers have some lag connecting helper to requestor but assume that will improve later. Thanks

This app provides a wonderful opportunity to connect the sighted with the sight-impaired. It has worked every time I have received a call.

Thank you for giving me this chance to help.

I love this app. Has really changed my life for the better. I am blind, and I give this a big thumbs up!

But this is the first program that I feel is actually the first in the done button world design of truly excellent programming Im so glad its for blind people absolutely terrific terrific t

This application has been extremely helpful to me… I have been able to do such things as read instructions on baking items, to resolving my computer problems when I had no speech…

Helping each other. We all have our strengths and our need for some help. App works flawlessly.

Both the good side is were helping blind people bad side Ive been signed up for 5 months and no calls

You must volunteer for this. I did and I feel great!