In this month’s edition: Clearblue Careline on Specialized Help and The Be My Eyes Podcast. - Read it online or as a plain text.
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This month we’re excited to announce a new partnership with Clearblue, making it possible for blind and low-vision users to call the Clearblue Careline through Specialized Help, for assistance reading the results of their pregnancy and fertility tests. We’re also happy to launch The Be My Eyes Podcast. Tune in every other Tuesday to hear stories that go beyond the Be My Eyes Community. Last but not least, you can get a look behind the scenes at the Google Disability Support team with Lisa. Enjoy the read!
Being in control of your own body and the information about it is an important issue for most people, but it’s something that has been out of reach for many blind and low-vision women and couples when taking a pregnancy or fertility test. Be My Eyes and Clearblue are joining forces to give them back control.
Our new show explores blindness, sight and the sometimes blurry in-between. The first two episodes are available for you to listen to on your favorite podcast app now! Listen to The Be My Eyes Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Spotify.
Lisa and her colleagues at the Google Disability Support team answer Be My Eyes calls every workday, supporting users of assistive technology with questions about accessibility within Google products.
Read Lisa’s story“Knowing that I could just grab my phone and make a call, and have these people help me do something that I just really wanted to do was one of the most exciting and freeing experiences that I’ve had with accessibility in general.”
– Tatum, low-vision user from USA
“I’m using the Be My Eyes app, and it’s helping me a lot to do many daily tasks that I had difficulties with before, such as identifying labels, finding products at the supermarket and other stores and checking the change. Be My Eyes gives me more self-confidence.”
– Leonardo, blind user from Brazil
“The call that I got most recently was helping a woman pick out a suit for a church event. I really love style, so it was cool to make that little connection with her.”
– Anna, volunteer from USA
On his Twitter profile, Amit Patel shares his life as a blind Father, Londoner, Motivational Speaker, Diversity and Accessibility Consultant, and Disability Advocate. Many situations from his daily life navigating around London are documented from a camera strapped to his faithful traveling companion, guide dog Kika (who also happens to be quite the Twitter celebrity). Make sure to follow both Amit Patel - @BlindDad_Uk and guide dog Kika - @Kika_GuideDog on Twitter to see what they’re up to!
Thank you for tuning in for the July newsletter. As always, we’ll be back in a month with the latest news. If you can’t wait that long, remember to follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, where we continuously share updates from the Be My Eyes Community.
Until next time!
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