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Help Me vs Be My Eyes
Be My Eyes is a specialist tool that already works worldwide. We will not claim their job. We will point at them.
What Be My Eyes is
Be My Eyes connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers (and AI) over live video so someone can read a label, check a display, or describe a scene. Volunteers take daytime calls in their language. It is free, global, and built for that access job. If that is the need, Be My Eyes is the tool. They win at it.
What Help Me is
Help Me is in-person, Fargo–Moorhead, everyday help from approved helpers who accept a request and meet in public. It is not a video-description network. It is not trained as an accessibility service. A helper might help with a practical task in person; that is not the same product as a worldwide volunteer video call designed for low vision.
When to use which
Use Be My Eyes for visual interpretation at a distance — packaging, screens, colors, a scene in front of the camera. Use Help Me for a local, physical hand if that is actually what you want and someone accepts. Use official disability and campus access services for anything institutional. Use 911 for emergencies. Do not wait on a neighbor app for a need Be My Eyes already meets well.
Questions people actually ask
Is Help Me an accessibility video app?
No. Be My Eyes is. Help Me is local in-person community help.
Can I volunteer for both?
Yes. They are different commitments: Be My Eyes is remote video; Help Me is in-person, staff-approved, Fargo–Moorhead, when you go online.
Should a blind user pick Help Me over Be My Eyes?
For visual interpretation, pick Be My Eyes. For a local in-person ask, Help Me might apply — still meet in public, still not 911. Use whichever job matches.
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About Help Me
Help Me is a Fargo–Moorhead community app for everyday, non-emergency help. Approved helpers nearby can accept a request and meet you in public.
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What Help Me is
Help Me is a Fargo–Moorhead community app for everyday, non-emergency help. Approved helpers nearby can accept a request and meet you in public.
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Help Me vs campus safety
NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia public safety win at escorts, emergencies, and official response. Help Me is a neighbor. It is not campus police.
who it's for
For people who would have stopped anyway
If you live in Fargo, Moorhead, or West Fargo and want to help neighbors with everyday tasks, apply to become an approved Helper.
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Safety, said plainly
Approximate location, approved helpers only, private chat, public meeting places, and report/block tools. Help Me is not 911.
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Volunteer listings vs a neighbor who can show up today
Help Me is not a volunteer-matching nonprofit. Where Fargo–Moorhead people actually volunteer, and where a gated neighbor ask fits.
Help Me is a community app for adults in Fargo–Moorhead. It is not a K–12 student program, not a youth chat, and not campus police.