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Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

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Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

#11

This is my lack of experience, but how does a blind person launch the app and find the correct button to push? I have toyed around with the Accessibility Features on the iPhone, is there a mode that will speak out what you are tapping on?

VoiceOver, among other features I believe: https://www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/voiceover/

Yep. We have optimised quite a lot for VoiceOver. The graphical part of the UI is quite boring for the blind :)

Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

#12

This is my lack of experience, but how does a blind person launch the app and find the correct button to push? I have toyed around with the Accessibility Features on the iPhone, is there a mode that will speak out what you are tapping on?

You should try VoiceOver and the gestures that come with it, it's mind blowing how well it works. I've found plenty of usability improvements that are really easy to make so that VoiceOver works flawlessly in apps I've worked on.

Let me know if you find any ways to improve Be My Eyes related to Voice Over. Or help out here https://github.com/bemyeyes/bemyeyes-ios!

Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

#14
I have installed the app on my iPhone 6, tried to use my Facebook account (but I prefer OAuth to setting up a Facebook account on my device), so I have created an account (through email address) and now the application just crashes every time I launch it.

I have uninstalled it and logged in again, but the crash loop is coming back.

Otherwise your concept is great, but the app needs improvements from here.

Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

#15
post #7

Are there any legal consequences if a blind person is helped crossing the street and gets hit by a car?

It wouldn't be any different than the passenger in your car telling you, like "clear right". Any resulting accident is still the driver's fault afaik.

Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

#16
My only question is how do you handle trolls, idiots, abuse etc?

What happens if for example 4chan decides to 'raid' your app and direct blind people into unfortunate situations. I must admit it's a very low act but that's my only real thought about this.

If abuse wasn't a possibility I think the app is 100% amazing.

Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

#17
post #16

My only question is how do you handle trolls, idiots, abuse etc? What happens if for example 4chan decides to 'raid' your app and direct blind people into unfortunate situations. I must admit it's a very low act but that's my only real thought about this. If abuse wasn't a possibility I think the app is 100% amazing.

We do have abuse handling

Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

#18

I have installed the app on my iPhone 6, tried to use my Facebook account (but I prefer OAuth to setting up a Facebook account on my device), so I have created an account (through email address) and now the application just crashes every time I launch it. I have uninstalled it and logged in again, but the crash loop is coming back. Otherwise your concept is great, but the app needs improvements from here.

Can you please send an email to info@bemyeyes.org with the details, as we are very interested in fixing this issue

Re: Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind

#19
post #9

Could someone who has used the app tell us about the real-life experience please?

Well I have used the app as both blind and sighted. A blind person simply presses a button which sends requests to a helper. If the helper does not have time, the api sends a request to another helper. When a helper takes the call, he/she gets a video and audio stream from the blind persons phone. The blind person gets an audio stream from the sighted person.

A conversion about the problem to be solved can now take place. Whenever the blind or sighted person wishes to disconnect, they press a button and the call is finished.

Is that what you were asking for?

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