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Mission
To connect blind or low vision users who want assistance, with volunteers and companies across the world, through live video and AI.
Current technology use
Mobile app: Connecting blind/low vision users with sighted volunteers via live video calls for real-time visual assistance. AI integration (2023) Be My AI: A digital visual assistant powered by OpenAI’s new GPT-4 language model that provides instant image analysis and answers questions about photos without waiting for human volunteers. Video call platform: Has multiple language support and specialized volunteer programs.
Public notes
Users download free app from iOS/Android stores and register as either person needing assistance or sighted volunteer. When blind user needs help with visual task (reading label, navigating space, identifying object), they request call through app. System matches them with available volunteer who speaks their language. Live video call connects them within seconds, with volunteer viewing user's phone camera feed and providing verbal guidance.
An alternative is using Be My AI where a user can now take photo and ask Be My Eyes AI (GPT-4 Vision) for instant analysis without waiting for a human volunteer.
Press and research
- News article
Costabel, M. (2026, January 27). 'AI mirrors' are changing the way blind people see themselves. BBC Future.
- Academic work
Abd Elsalam, Amany & Khalil, Amal & A., Yousif. (2024). Effect of Artificial Intelligence Using Be My Eyes App on Knowledge and Practice regarding Breast Self-Examination among Female Adolescents with Visual Impairments. Egyptian Journal of Health Care. 15. 2019-2033. 10.21608/ejhc.2024.419024.
https://journals.ekb.eg/article_419024.html
Artificial intelligence provides visually impaired adolescent females with a more inclusive and efficient method of learning procedures about breast self-examination, ensuring that they can identify and detect breast abnormalities early. The study aims to investigate the effect of artificial intelligence using the Be My Eyes app on knowledge and practice regarding breast self-examination among female adolescents with visual impairments. Design: A quasi-experimental design (pre/post-test) was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at Al Noor School for visually impaired students in Shebein El-kom City, Menoufia Governorate. Sample: A purposive sample of 50 visually impaired female adolescents. Tools: Three tools were used to collect the data of the study: a structured interviewing questionnaire, a knowledge and practice assessment tool regarding breast self-examination through the Be My Eyes app, and an observational checklist of female adolescent practice. Results: The findings revealed a highly statistically significant difference in visually impaired females' adolescent total knowledge and practice scores for breast self-examination before and after using the Be My Eyes application. The adolescent female's total knowledge and practice improved in the posttest and follow-up compared to the pretest. Conclusion: Adolescent females with visual disabilities saw improvements in their BSE knowledge and practices as a result of using AI, also making health education more accessible. AI empowers adolescent females with visual disabilities to take control of their health in a way that was previously challenging due to their visual impairments. Recommendations: Future research should explore the development of more advanced AI systems that can be further personalized to suit the unique needs of adolescent females with varying levels of visual impairment.