free visual-assistance app for blind and low-vision people
Be My Eyes
Industry Services
An app that connects blind and low-vision people with volunteers and AI-assisted visual support for everyday tasks. Be My Eyes scores well because the core service converts distributed goodwill into practical autonomy, though private app governance and AI/privacy exposure need continued scrutiny.
Why this matters: A free moment of visual interpretation can unlock ordinary independence in a way most sighted users never notice.
Letter grade A Good High confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Surveillance Capture.
Strengths
- Extraction8/10
- Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7
- Ownership5/10
Penalties
- Surveillance Capture-2
- Ideological Disavowal-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceHigh confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims14
- Direct axis claims14
- Coverage14/14
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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5 / 10 |
Be My Eyes's public materials identify its ownership form, nonprofit status, platform status, public-benefit structure, or private company status in the services category. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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5 / 10 |
Be My Eyes's public materials indicate whether binding control sits with a nonprofit board, company managers, volunteers, members, public-service partners, or users. Linked evidence
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Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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8 / 10 |
Be My Eyes's public model determines whether the service primarily reduces user costs and friction or channels a public need through a proprietary platform. Linked evidence
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Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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4 / 7 |
Be My Eyes's linked public materials do not show ordinary workers or volunteers holding full binding democratic control over the organization. Linked evidence
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Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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7 / 7 |
Be My Eyes serves a public need linked to disability, poverty, medical bills, caregiving, childcare, repair, mobility, information access, or benefit navigation. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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5 / 7 |
Be My Eyes's service can absorb practical risk for users by reducing costs, restoring access, coordinating help, preventing loss, or making essential information easier to use. Linked evidence
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Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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5 / 5 |
Be My Eyes operates where ordinary users often face fragmented services, inaccessible formats, high search costs, gatekeeping, or limited practical alternatives. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
Be My Eyes's core offering has direct practical utility for users, with integrity depending on accessibility, privacy, quality, cost, availability, and accountability. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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5 / 5 |
Be My Eyes's scale or replicable model makes its service consequential beyond a single local provider or one-time product purchase. Linked evidence
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Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Surveillance Capture
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Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial
recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of
customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.
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-2 |
Be My Eyes's public record makes Surveillance Capture relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability. Linked evidence
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Ideological Disavowal
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Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Be My Eyes's public record makes Ideological Disavowal relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability. Linked evidence
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Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
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1 / 3 |
Be My Eyes's public record makes Openness to Dissent relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability. Linked evidence
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Good Deal
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Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
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3 / 3 |
Be My Eyes's public record makes Good Deal relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability. Linked evidence
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Cost Transparency
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Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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2 / 3 |
Be My Eyes's public record makes Cost Transparency relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
High 80/100
14 verified linked claims 14 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 14/14 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 17/20
14 verified linked claims
Source quality 10/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
14 direct claims across 14 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
14/14 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Be My Eyes's public materials identify its ownership form, nonprofit status, platform status, public-benefit structure, or private company status in the services category.
- Be My EyesGeneral web source · 58%
2Be My Eyes's public materials indicate whether binding control sits with a nonprofit board, company managers, volunteers, members, public-service partners, or users.
- Be My EyesGeneral web source · 58%
3Be My Eyes's public model determines whether the service primarily reduces user costs and friction or channels a public need through a proprietary platform.
- Be My EyesGeneral web source · 58%
4Be My Eyes's public materials do not show ordinary workers or volunteers holding full binding democratic control over the organization.
- Be My EyesGeneral web source · 58%
5Be My Eyes serves a public need linked to disability, poverty, medical bills, caregiving, childcare, repair, mobility, information access, or benefit navigation.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
6Be My Eyes's service can absorb practical risk for users by reducing costs, restoring access, coordinating help, preventing loss, or making essential information easier to use.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
7Be My Eyes operates where ordinary users often face fragmented services, inaccessible formats, high search costs, gatekeeping, or limited practical alternatives.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
8Be My Eyes's core offering has direct practical utility for users, with integrity depending on accessibility, privacy, quality, cost, availability, and accountability.
- Be My EyesGeneral web source · 58%
9Be My Eyes's scale or replicable model makes its service consequential beyond a single local provider or one-time product purchase.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
10Be My Eyes's public record makes Openness to Dissent relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
11Be My Eyes's public record makes Good Deal relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
12Be My Eyes's public record makes Cost Transparency relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
13Be My Eyes's public record makes Surveillance Capture relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
14Be My Eyes's public record makes Ideological Disavowal relevant through its accessibility model, pricing, public-benefit purpose, user vulnerability, data handling, environmental effects, or institutional accountability.
- Be My Eyes for blind and low vision usersGeneral web source · 58%
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