What will AI mean for the popular app Be My Eyes?

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On the Be My Eyes app, blind and low-vision users connect with volunteers through video, to complete tasks like follow a recipe. Be My Eyes

Be My Eyes

Brian Fischler is blind. He can tell whether it’s light or dark outside, but that’s about it.

“I grew up sighted like everybody, and I was diagnosed at 13 with retinitis pigmentosa,” Fischler says. “And for me, the lights went out about 2009.”

Fischler, a New York-based standup comedian and podcaster, has used the app Be

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