Microsoft Co Pilot

Module 15.1: Microsoft Co Pilot Microsoft’s AI platform was originally called Bing AI. It was rechristened Co Pilot in late 2023 and operates with Microsoft Edge. Microsoft is a major investor in the Open AI company which developed Chat GPT. Co Pilot uses Chat GPT 4. For best results, you should sign into your Microsoft account to use Co Pilot. Open Microsoft Edge and create a Microsoft account at: Create or Sign Into Your Microsoft Account Sign into Co Pilot with your Microsoft account at: Sign in to Bing If you are going to use Co Pilot with any frequency on your PC, you should create a desktop shortcut for it. Because you can only access it from the Microsoft Edge web browser, you have two options for creating the desktop shortcut. If Edge is your default browser, follow the universa

• Generating Chats Preview (25 min)
• Describing images Preview (9 min)
• Recent Activity (6 min)
• Co Pilot on the iPhone (21 min)

Google Gemini

Module 15.2: Google Gemini Gemini, previously “Bard,” is Google’s AI engine. To access it the first time, type gemini.google.com in your Address bar, and log in with your Google account.

• Generating Chats. (14 min)
• Describing images (6 min)
• Recent Activity (6 min)

Chat GPT on the iPhone

Module 15.3: Chat GPT on the iPhone In November 2023, the Open AI company released Chat GPT 3.5, and the tech world has not been the same since. This version is available to all users for free while Chat GPT 4 requires a monthly or annual subscription fee. Chat GPT is available on both the PC and iPhone. we will only cover the iPhone free version here. As of early 2024, the accessibility of the PC version of Chat GPT 3.5 was poor. There were a number of unlabeled buttons. making it difficult to perform several functions. we were unable to figure out a way to consistently generate a link for sharing. By contrast, the iPhone app is fully accessible and easy to use. To create your account, either do it when you download the free app from the iPhone App Store, or do it at the following websi

Be My Eyes on the iPhone

Module 15.4: Be My Eyes on the iPhone After extensive beta testing with blind users, the developers of the Be my Eyes iPhone app introduced a revolutionary new feature for describing images in the Fall of 2023. Christened Be my AI, and In collaboration with Open AI, this feature uses Chat GPT to provide detailed descriptions of pictures you take on your iPhone while using the app, as well as descriptions of pictures stored in your Photos app or saved to cloud sharing apps like Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive. we don’t use the term “revolutionary” lightly. Prior to this, AI-generated Alt text found in Office programs or on Facebook pages, would generate extremely generic and minimally useful Alt text like “smiling woman with baby.” Be our AI-generated descriptions are light years beyond

• Taking Photos, Generating Descriptions, Sharing and Saving (24 min)
• Generating Descriptions for Images Already Saved on Your iPhone (18 min)

JAWS PictureSmart with Generative AI

Module 15.5: JAWS PictureSmart with Generative AI This is an impressive new feature that first became available with the March 2024 update of JAWS 2024. Drawing on the LLM capabilities of Google Gemini and Chat GPT, it enables you to quickly get detailed descriptions of images encountered on websites and within applications, for image files saved on your PC, and for screenshots and open windows. While you could use Gemini and Chat GPT directly for some of these descriptions, what truly sets PictureSmart apart is that it is literally at your fingertips whenever you encounter a graphic you would like described, and thus, extremely quick and easy to use. The first step is to enable it as part of the JAWS Early Adopter Program. To do this: If you have set JAWS to run from the System Tray, pr

• Example 1 - Carroll Center Logo on the Website Home Page (19 min)
• Example 3 – Image File Saved on a PC (19 min)