People Fixing the World - Lend Me Your Eyes

A new app is helping blind people solve everyday problems by combining smartphones video technology and an army of armchair volunteers.

World Hacks investigates how it works and explores whether micro-volunteering projects like this have the potential to solve all kinds of problems in the future.

Presented by Mukul Devichand.

Image caption: Vicky, who is blind, using an app to help her sew / Image credit: BBC

Published on Saturday, 4th February 2017.

Available Podcasts from People Fixing the World

Subscribe to People Fixing the World

We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the People Fixing the World webpage.