Be My Eyes, a Danish company that allows some 87,000 people who have downloaded the free app to request assistance in situations where vision is needed from 1.5 million volunteers, won the accessibility prize at the Tech4Good awards.
“A lot of judges are biased toward social enterprise because of the sustainability component,” awards organizer Mark Walker said, referring to firms that seek to achieve social change while also making a profit.
“Charities are always dependent on the next grant” added Walker of AbilityNet, which works to make the digital world more accessible to people with disabilities to improve their lives.