#blind tech

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Hey everyone! So, if you've never heard of Be My Eyes, its an app that allows blind people to get live assistance from sighted people, and its really great. If you're a sighted person who is looking for more ways to help the BVI community during these tumes, take a look at these apps.

BeSpecular: this app has a similar use as Be My Eyes, except instead of directly calling someone, you take a picture of your problen and send a voice or text message that any of the volunteers can respond to.

YouDescribe: This is kind of like the Audio Description version of YouTube. Once you make an account, you can add your voice as a seperate track to popular YouTube videos so that VIPs can access them.

VIPs, if you know of any more, please feel free to add them.

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@joaniam I thought you might find this interesting...

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My Top Fav Visually Impaired YouTubers (Other than Molly Burke)

Don’t get my wrong, Molly is great! I just feel like everyone has heard of her, and there are so many other VI channels that no one really ever addresses. There are some channels on here that are based on educating others about blindness, while others are made as resources for other VIPs. Obviously these aren’t the only VIP channels out there,but I picked my 4 favorites to share with those who may want to explore them. Anyhoo! Enjoy!

4. Cayla with a C: Cayla’s channel is mainly about sharing her story and talking about her experience living with retinitis pigmentosa.

3. Fashioneyesta: this girl rocks! I love her videos. This channel mainly talks about how BVIs don’t have to stop people from pursuing fashion. Ever heard someone say they have “the fashion sense of a blind person?” Well this channel is all about overcoming that stereotype and embracing new sensory ways to enjoy fashion.

2. The Blind Life: This channel is more of a resource for VIPs. The host, Sam, does a lot of BVI tech, from the classic white cane, to enlargement gadgets, to amazing apps, this channel is all about using tech to make life more accessible for VIPs.

1. HowCaseySeesIt: This is my personal fave! The channel itself is primarily about educating the sighted world about visual impairment, but I personally watch it so I can learn to better explain myself to my sighted peers. Casey’s channel actually became my I app for starting this blog (yay) and I love learning more about Albinism, even if we don’t have the same type.

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https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1266441335

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Blind Moments #25

When sighted people try to "test out" your assistive tech.

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Y’all! I’m curious to know. Reblog with:

1. Favorite BVI Software (it can be a magnifier, screenreader, app, etc).

2. Favorite features (any voice settings you like? A specifictask that it can do?)

3. Favorite tech gadget (it can be non electronic, like a dome or a cane, or it can be super high-tech, like an OCR reader or haptic obstacle detector)

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Concluding the Series

I have concluded my lengthy series of posts on living life with a visual impairment.

Part XIII is about going to school:

http://caseytrowbridge.com/2015/02/being-visually-impaired-xiii/

Part XIV is about how I get around:

http://caseytrowbridge.com/2015/02/being-visually-impaired-xiv/

Part XV is just covering some random topics that didn’t fit anywhere else:

http://caseytrowbridge.com/2015/02/bei…

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