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New from Microsoft: The Accessibility Learning Webinar Series, In Microsoft’s new webinar series you have the chance to learn about the latest technology and accessibility across Microsoft products..

Holman Prize 2019, On January 15th 2019, applications for the third annual Holman Prize for Blind Ambition open. The prize is awarded to three blind individuals who want to carry out a "dream" project. .

In Your Pocket + Be My Eyes in the UK, In Your Pocket is a new and innovative way to use a smartphone controlled by speech. On December 10th 2018, In Your Pocket is launching an integration with Be My Eyes in the UK..

10 Ways to Use Be My Eyes During the Holiday Season, The Holiday season is upon us! So, there is no better time than the present to give you some inspiration on how Be My Eyes can help you get into the Holiday spirit..

Be My Eyes Founder Awarded as ‘Lovie Emerging Entrepreneur’, The 8th annual Lovie Awards took place on November 15th 2018 at BFI Southbank in London. The Lovie Awards celebrate the very best of the European Internet..

100,000 Blind and Low-vision Users, Be My Eyes has reached the amazing milestone of surpassing more than 100,000 blind and low-vision signups. But even though we’ve come a long way, there’s still much more to be done..

10 Ways to Use Be My Eyes During Fall Season, Fall is full of many activities that the Be My Eyes volunteers would love to assist you with..

Be My Eyes Receives Three New Awards, In October, Be My Eyes has been honored with three awards; GOV Design Awards, Lovie Awards and Berlin Design Awards..

World Sight Day 2018, October 11th, 2018 was the annual World Sight Day organized to raise awareness of blindness, visual impairment and universal eye care..

Be My Eyes website now available in 10 new languages, Thanks to our amazing community, the Be My Eyes website is now accessible to even more people, who can learn about Be My Eyes in their native language on the new translated webpages..

Phone It Forward - Donate a smartphone, Phone it Forward is a CNIB program that gives smartphones to people with sight loss who need them..

Be My Eyes and Moovit join forces to make public transit more accessible in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Iceland, Too often, public transit is insufficiently designed for people who are blind or have a low level of vision. Be My Eyes and Moovit are teaming up to pursue one common goal: to make public transit more accessible for people living with blindness or vision loss. .

Localizing Be My Eyes - Spread the Word in Your Own Words!, Language should provide greater access, not limitation. In order to spread Be My Eyes’ message across nations and beyond English speakers, the time has come to offer localized webpages and video subtitles. The localized webpage is already up and running in Danish, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin and Hebrew and we’re inviting you to help us translate it into your native language!.

Microsoft Extends Specialized Help Support to 24/7 for Be My Eyes Users, Microsoft is expanding their technical support offering for Be My Eyes users to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Customers who are blind or have low vision can now contact Microsoft agents directly through the Specialized Help feature of Be My Eyes at any time. This feature is only available in English..

More Than A Smart Cane, WeWalk is a new smart cane that, among other things, can detect obstacles with it's ultrasonic sensor..