EyeBridge Offers Assistance Now to Visually Impaired: Others Later
From: CPU - 09/2014

A new mobile app called EyeBridge connects visually impaired users with live
video-based assistance via their smartphones. When activated, the app turns
on the rear-facing camera of the phone so that an online human operator can
see the immediate vicinity and assist the user with the particular problem he
or she is facing. For example, EyeBridge Limited's website shows a visually
impaired person using EyeBridge to identify what bus is stopping at the
corner bus stop. The service is available at different price levels starting
at approximate $34 per month for 60 minutes of 24/7 global access. EyeBridge
Limited says other services, such as remote medical diagnosis, are under
development for sighted users.

Source:
http://www.computerpoweruser.com/article/15397/whats-happening

Links:
Smartphone App Could Replace Seeing Eye Dogs for the Visually Impaired,
  Predicts London-based Technology Company 
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/smartphone-app-could-replace-seeing-eye-dogs-for-the-visually-impaired-predicts-london-based-technology-company-2014-06-16

EyeBridge
http://www.myeyebridge.com