Microvolunteers help blind people to ‘see’

Microvolunteers help blind people to ‘see’

The Singapore-based MySmartEye app crowdsources identification of images taken by other smartphone users with visual impairments.

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Singapore15 Oct 2013
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Smartphones enable workers to respond to emails when they’re not at the desk – whether they see that as a good thing or not. By the same token, it’s possible that volunteers could help to carry out microtasks for charities and nonprofits wherever they are. A new app from Singapore called MySmartEye is aiming to do just that, by crowdsourcing identification of images taken by other smartphone users with visual impairments.

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