Blind man runs marathon using smart glasses and "Be My Eyes" phone app

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Using the cameras in his glasses in combination with an app that connected him to a live volunteer who guided him remotely.

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Rather than using a physical guide, an app called Be My Eyes will connect him with a worldwide network of sighted volunteers.

Through the camera and speakers on his smart glasses, they'll be able to see what he sees and speak to him in real time, directing him through the 26.2 miles (42.2km),

"They tell me if there's a bin or there's a parked car through the glasses - but the majority of the time we're just discussing, 'what is sight loss?'", he said.

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He has been visually impaired in his right eye from the age of six, but 13 years ago noticed a shadow in his left eye. "I went to the hospital and they sat me down and said, 'Mr. Reynolds, do you drive?", he said.

"I said yes, and they said, 'hand over your license, you're going blind.' And that's how you were told."

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