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"Well, Arthur, the first thing I want to ask you, since this is our second episode, is:
have you entered Kiva website yet?
Well, I've accessed the site, registered my login, but I, so far, haven't made a donation
Yes, his 'dharmameter', here on the side of the screen, is still negative!
No, it's not negative, it´s supposed to be zero!
But no points is useless! It's the same as having a gym membership and not working out
Okay, but I'm on level zero, I'm not negative
No, you're negative! You had the chance to do some good and you didn't ...
But I have an ongoing project that will give me results in the next 6, 12 months … (WHAT?)
Well then, let's give you a second chance now
Goodness´ Tutorial
Today, I'll give you an easier chance to contribute than Kiva. You, at home, if you haven't done it yet, watch our first Kiva episode
But today we will talk about a much easier action, which is "Be My Eyes" app
Push that screen farther away, I can't see it right, having some seeing issues…
- Exactly! What prescription glasses do you wear?
Six degrees
What kind?
Hyperopia and astigmatism
Dude, I had about ten degrees myopia before I had eye surgery. So, for example, I had to take my glasses
to the shower, so I knew which bottle was the shampoo and which was the hair conditioner
I have the same problem
You must have that sort of problem
I do
So, what is Be My Eyes? It's an application for Android and IoS
(NO! The Android version is still being developed)
where you can help a visually impaired person, in many languages.
The app, of course, is accessible for the person who needs help.
When you open the app, you choose if you want to help or need the help,
then the app will connect both sides.
When someone who needs help, for example, to cook a stroganoff, and need to know
When someone who needs help, for example, to cook a stroganoff, and need to know
if the can he is holding has condensed sweet milk or buttermilk
Oh, I got it!
Or, for someone who is colorblind, they might need help to choose a sweater, because they don't know which one is blue and which one is red
- Oh, "Be my eyes", now I got it! To see things for them, be their eyes. (He was thinking about the name in Portuguese, not in English)
Or, if you are going to take a medicine, and you know how you can´t mix the bottles ...
Or the expiration date of something that is in your closet
Anyway, it has a thousand uses for someone who is visually impaired, sometimes at home and alone
It's easy to use. The person double touch the screen, the app opens, and is already connected
You, for example, on the helper side, don't need to keep the app open
I see
After the installation, you choose a language
and the app will call you when someone needs help.
It opens a chat between the person who needs help and the people who are registered to help in that language
Then the person asks for your help to "see" something. You become their eyes for a moment, then it's done! Thank you and goodbye.
I understood, you help in your own language
You choose: English, Portuguese, there is a list of languages you can volunteer to help
- Gee, super simple. You pay nothing. Just with your time?
Nothing
Only time
No, you don´t pay for anything, it only takes your time, and usually no more than a minute
It's that easy. And if you can´t answer, someone else will, for sure
There are 36,000 blind or visually impaired persons registered in the app
And many people may answer? Is there a database of answers?
No, because it's a live call, you know?
So you're the only one who answers?
Yes, it's the first one to answer the call...
So you really talk to the person, like a Skype call?
It's like Skype
Nice, uh?
So, the first who got the call, has got it
You know, I have a trick too, for when you don't have your glasses with you:
You know, I have a trick too, for when you don't have your glasses with you:
just pinch a paper, make a tiny hole, and then you can read anything, of any size, through that hole.
just pinch a paper, make a tiny hole, and then you can read anything, of any size, through that hole.
What??? Does it work like a magnifying glass?
I swear it!
Oh, no, guys, I'm gonna have to test this ...
You have the shampoo there, you do it like this ...
But that´s for those who are farsighted, does it work for myopia?
It's for farsightedness and myopia. The guy who is blind will not be able to read through the tiny hole, of course
- That's obvious. I'm talking about my case, your's ...
- Oh, it's easy in our case
What happens is that most vision problems are a focus problem, how the retina focuses the light
When you look through a tiny hole, you make sure that only the rays that are coming straight get into your eyes
and then you can see, no matter what prescription glasses you wear.
- Guys, we have to make a "how to"...
- Yes, this is survival stuff. Really.
With medicine, shampoo, I do it like this... So that's it, make a tiny hole so you can see
Wonderful! Now, back to today's tip, Be My Eyes app
Download it on your phone and that's it! Get the chance to help someone in need, in just under a minute!
And if you didn´t watch our Kiva tutorial, or if you want to follow our "Goodness Tutorials",
or if you just want to help Arthur here to be a better person
and improve his negative dharma bar, see, here, puny negative dharma...
It's zero!
Negative!
Sign up for our "Goodness Tutorial" YouTube channel. And now you can also watch us at
'Só Notícia Boa" website (Good News Only)!
- Good partnership! Give us your "like" on the channel also
- That's it, help us!
That´s all!
Bye!
Translation: Beatriz Roedel & Thiago Udry
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