Hi Petrus, and others,
I was skeptical when it first came out. I used Bemyeyes and
bespectacle, I think it was called that. And, those apps were free. But, I got
a free offer to try 30 minutes and I was hooked. I kept it like a emergency
helper. But, now with the free 5 minute calls I rarely use the 30 minutes a
month. And, When I’m stuck needing a pair of eyes it is great to have a
trained person with skills and tools available to help.
I’d recommend to try it out and keep the app on the phone. If you are lucky
enough to be in a country where it works it could help out in a pinch.
Example, I was building a garden shed and my talking tape measure fell
out of my pocket. I needed it to keep working. I used Aira and in a moment I
had it back. It had bounced under the leaves but the agent still spotted it.
Another time I got disoriented in my yard. I called and they got me turned
back around so I could find my way back.
They now help more with crossing streets. In the beginning they didn’t
do that.
And in the US more and more locations have free service, air ports, busses, sub
ways, college campuses, drug stores, department stores and so on.
I once used free access at a drug store to get a tour. I had no idea
they had such a variety of things there!
They can now even share your Mac computer screen and fill in captures. I had
difficulty getting text to enter in a form field last week and they just put
the focus in the spot and then it worked.
So, even if you just use the free 5 minute calls now and then it is nice to
have in your tool box.
In other countries bemyeyes can do some of the functionality. But, Aira has
agents waiting. They are trained and have a dashboard ready to use to assist.
It has things like maps of the airports you might be at. The ability to take a
picture and magnify it to help you know what is around you. They can even
google things or help on a shopping quest. Some of the agents are not only
well trained but have background in Orientation and mobility and other useful
areas.
Eric Caron
> On Mar 17, 2020, at 10:17 PM, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote:
>
> OK, its your loss if you choose not to check it out.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
> On Mar 17, 2020, at 21:00, Petrus Tuerlings <petrus.t...@gmail.com
> <mailto:petrus.t...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thank you, but I don’t think I would use it. I was just curious.
>
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>> On 18/03/2020, at 14:40, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net
>> <mailto:wb...@swbell.net>> wrote:
>>
>
> Aira is available in New Zealand. Just download the Aira iOS app, setup an
> account and you are good to go.
> You may use my email address as a referral and get yourself 30 free minutes.
>
> Brad
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>
> On Mar 17, 2020, at 20:18, Petrus Tuerlings <petrus.t...@gmail.com
> <mailto:petrus.t...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I’m not a student or Teacher, but is this only available in the US OR OTHER
> COUNTRIES AS WELL?
>
>> On 18/03/2020, at 14:15, Eric Caron <eric.caro...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:eric.caro...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi listers,
>>
>> I’m sure Aira has been discussed in the past. I wanted to post the below as
>> it would be very helpful to current blind college students.
>>
>> I just wish they would also offer it to blind teachers as they are also
>> learning fast how to run on line teaching.
>>
>> Also, if you are planning to join Aira for more than the free 5 minute calls
>> be sure to go through a current user so that you both get additional minutes.
>>
>> Here is the part of the post for college students.
>>
>> Aira is the popular app that connects a trained sighted person to assist a
>> blind person with tasks.
>>
>> I am posting part of a email message below that offers free service to
>> blind college students for the rest of the semester.
>>
>> If you know a student please share as this could be a big help when learning
>> new on line distance learning software. Now if only they offered it to
>> blind teachers as well!
>>
>> One other note. If you are thinking about joining Aira go through a current
>> blind user and both of you will get free minutes to use.
>>
>> They also now easily screen share on the Mac and iPhone.
>>
>> Eric Caron
>>
>> Free Offer - College Students in Need of Aira
>>
>> We know that many universities and colleges are rapidly shifting to distance
>> learning. We’ve heard that some materials and software being used are
>> inaccessible so we will be offering free Aira for any college student for
>> the remainder of the spring semester ending in May 2020. If you know of a
>> student who could benefit from Aira for their distance learning, please
>> email supp...@aira.io <mailto:supp...@aira.io> for more information
>>
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