BeSpecular - Help the Blind

BeSpecular

About this app

BeSpecular is the best way to do a good deed so that even when you have a busy schedule, you can help someone who’s blind. As a blind/visually impaired person, you can ask text/voice questions and receive quick replies that are friendly and helpful.

Do you want to help/volunteer in your community, but you don’t have the time?
Helping your community should be simple, convenient, and fun.
Now you can help someone who’s blind by using your smartphone. You can spend a few seconds listening to the question, look at the picture(s), and reply with a friendly voice note or text message.
You can:
-Use your eyes and intuition which no computer can replace,
-Help blind or visually impaired people from around the world,
-Learn what it’s like to live blind,
-Do a good deed and feel amazing,
-Make a real contribution to someone else’s life.


Are you blind or visually impaired & need that extra little bit of help?
You should be able to conveniently ask your questions and know that someone who’s sighted will happily and quickly be able to help.
Now you’re able to personalize your questions to find out exactly what you’re looking for. You can upload or take photos and ask with a voice/text message. You’ll receive as many friendly and helpful replies as you need.
You can:
-Ask your question and receive your reply shortly,
-Use the app in various situations, e.g. getting more detailed descriptions of items you’d like to buy online, read the ad insert you found in the mail, understand what’s going on with your computer when your Screen Reader won’t work, re-live memories with beautiful descriptions of your photographs, etc,
-Remain on a first-name basis and not have to reveal any personal info,
-Ask as many questions as often as you’d like

Ratings and reviews

Sighted user.I like the idea of this app. It's very interesting. so far I have helped someone read their treadmill, explained what a picture looked like and how to fill out an online application. I too do not receive notifications on my Samsung Galaxy S7. So, I just check periodically throughout the day. I wish app would give you an option to review your message or audio message before sending. To check for sound quality or mistakes. Needs a bit of improvement, overall a good app.

Used to be a sighted user of this app and loved it despite all the bugs and how rarely I got requests. However, I stopped getting request notifications and when I checked I couldn't even log into the app anymore due to an error message. It seems the app is no longer being maintained and doesn't work.

As everyone else has stated, you do not receive notifications. It also says the app hasn't been updated since 2016, so that's a problem. I've helped many people over the last couple of weeks but haven't gotten any requests in several days now. Maybe no one has needed help, or maybe it's an issue with the app, who knows.

What's new

Fixed a few issues that affected a small percentage of our users.