AIRA is an app connected to a paid service that has trained, and bonded, employees who provide visual assistance to blind and low-vision clients. They offer some free minutes. I know someone who went on vacation to a hotel at the beach on her own with her dog guide and got help from them to get around, take pictures, etc. She was paying the full subscription at the time, but for short calls you can get some free time. Below is the link to the app followed by the entire app store description. I do not use them myself because I have a sighted wife. But they are a great resource for people who do not have sighted help easily at hand.
What is Aira? Aira is an app that provides on-demand, remote visual interpreting for the blind and low vision community to enhance independence and efficiency. With one tap, connect with a professional Visual Interpreter and work together to accomplish a wide range of tasks. Anytime you encounter an obstacle related to visual information, Aira can assist. It is a trusted and secure tool that can support every realm of your life—on your own terms. How Does Aira Work? Download the free Aira app on your smartphone, create an account, and with one tap connect with a professional Visual Interpreter. Aira streams live video, including your GPS location, and through an integrated dashboard, a Visual Interpreter can immerse themselves in your surroundings. They will use your phone’s camera to assist you to better understand your surroundings by navigating, describing, narrating, and reading. They have access to web-based data, including maps, location tracking, search engines, text-based messaging, and even rideshare integration. This is all carefully calibrated to provide our blind and low vision users, who we call Explorers, with a seamless experience. How Does Access AI Work? Access AI is Aira’s image chat feature that is free for all Explorers, whether they have a subscription or not. Simply tap the Access AI button on the home screen menu, and then take or upload an image. Send it through the chat, and an AI description will be generated. Ask questions, get refined answers, or for added confidence, use Aira Verify to confirm the description with a Visual Interpreter. Some popular uses of this free tool include getting info about labels, signs, and printed menus, choosing outfits, and getting readings from digital displays like thermostats. How Can I Get Free Aira Minutes?? Aira has individual subscriptions available, but there are many ways to get free minutes without one! Our Access Partners are leading organizations that provide free access to Aira’s services to their customers, visitors, students, and employees. When you call Aira from an Access Partner location, the offer will automatically be applied, and you can connect with a Visual Interpreter at no cost to you. To manually search for Access Partner offers, open the app, and click “Browse Access Offers.” You can scroll through recently used offers, and even see ones available near you. Some examples of popular locations include Starbucks, Target, and Wegmans. Aira also has many promotional offers, like a daily Five Minute Free Call, free minutes for those seeking employment, and a limited time offer for those who opt into our Build AI data collection program. Highlights - Create a free account and start experiencing visual interpreting without commitment - Browse Access Offers and promotional offers to get free minutes - Use Access AI to take or upload a photo, get an instant description, and choose to verify with a human - Need more minutes? A variety of paid plans support a wide range of needs - Easily connect to a Visual Interpreter 24/7/365, no reservations required - Integrate your Lyft account with your Aira - Join a supportive and inspiring community - Increase your everyday efficiency and independence Questions? Contact Customer Care daily from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific time. Phone: 1-800-835-1934 Email: [email protected]
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On Oct 29, 2024, at 12:31 AM, 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi. Thanks for that. Excuse my ignorance, but what is Aira? Sent from my iPhone There is no way I know of to know if you are in there frame, but if VoiceOver is on, and you open the camera app, and find the button that says back facing camera and double tap to set it for the front facing and have the phone on the table and lean oer it, VoiceOuer should start telling you 1 face at the bottom edge, etc. and move around until it says one face centered and see if you can take the picture. Or, what would be even easier and probably better is to use Aira and ask someone to take a selfie of you. That should fall within their free phone call time limit. HTH,
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On Oct 28, 2024, at 9:51 PM, 'Eleanor Roberts' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all Really hoping someone might be able to help with this. I’m currently going through the process of trying to register with my mobile banking app. As part of the process it asks me to do 2 things. Firstly, to take a picture on the phone of my photo ID. Secondly to take a selfie on the phone positioning my face within the frame shown on screen etc. I am totally blind, so cannot see where the on-screen frame is etc. So does anyone know if there is a way of me completing these tasks using Voiceover?, and if so how?? Any help you can give with this really really would be very much appreciated, as otherwise I’m a bit stuck (it won’t let me carry on with the registration till I’ve completed this step). So thanks so much in advance for any ideas/suggestions/idiot-proof instructions. Eleanor -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected]The archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/F597D798-AD49-4F40-9159-6D9EBF531C9A%40googlemail.com.
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