Google Partners with Be-My-Eyes

If you're not already familiar with Be-My-Eyes, it's an app-based service that connects sighted volunteers with those visually challenged to solve everyday problems like reading food and prescription labels, choosing attire, finding one's way along a busy street or navigating an ATM transaction.

Now Google has partnered with Be-My-Eyes and is providing virtually instantaneous video support for online assistance with accessibility and accommodation for users with visual impairment. 

The idea of “calling Google” might be new to some people – but thanks to a new partnership launched in March 2019, Be My Eyes users can now establish a video link with a Google accessibility expert in seconds.