Re: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[Robert Doc Wright]

Actually I had it during the Dos days. I had a program that ran from Dos but 
let me make changes in the BIOS. it was by Phoenix and was given to me from 
a guy who had been working on my pc.
  - Original Message - 
  From: William James
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 10:33 PM
  Subject: Re: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My 
AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes


  I would too, but you know as well as I do that having speech in the BIOS 
will never happen in our lifetimes.
AI is the way to go!





  Sent from my iPad Air 5


On Nov 15, 2023, at 11:26 PM, Robert Doc Wright 
 wrote:



I'd rather have software to help in the bios.I'll admit that knowing 
what is on the screen is a benefit. I want to actually work as I normally do 
anywhere else.
  - Original Message - 
  From: William James
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 1:52 PM
  Subject: Re: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be 
My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes


  I think this is very awesome to have!  I would love to see if it would 
help me with a BIOS.  Now that would be ground-breaking for sure!




  Get Outlook for iOS

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  From: viphone@googlegroups.com  on behalf of 
Alan Lemly 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:45:16 PM
  To: VIPhone Email List 
  Subject: Fwd: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be 
My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

  I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but 
at least the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list 
might be interested in the below announcement.


  Alan Lemly
  Sent from my iPhone

  Begin forwarded message:


From: Mike from Be My Eyes 
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST
To: Alan Lemly 
Subject: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My 
AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com


 Read it online

Hi Alan,

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized 
Help: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft’s offering on Be My Eyes 
opens the door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance 
through Specialized Help. To visit Microsoft’s profile, open the Be My Eyes 
app, and navigate to Specialized Help. Here you can select “Technical” and 
click on Microsoft to open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on 
the new “Chat with Be My AI” button on Microsoft’s profile and ask any 
question through a text message! Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have 
the option to use traditional human conversations with a Microsoft agent.

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your 
laptop, or install and update software, Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability 
Answer Desk can assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from 
Microsoft on Be My Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for 
Android devices. You can reach out to Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability 
Answer 24/7 from over 150 countries worldwide. The service is currently 
available in English.

You can learn more about Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer 
Desk on our new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability 
Answer Desk on Be My Eyes

PS: Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make 
sure to forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes!

Best,
Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEO

Keep in touch, find us on:


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RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Now it would be even more amazing if Be My Eyes could cut a deal with Facebook 
so you could send a picture from Facebook directly
To Be My AI. For now the only option is to save the picture to your Photos and 
then to open it there and tap on Share and select Be My AI. Of course since 
often and probably most of the time you wouldn’t want these pictures 
permanently, this also means after you save it, send it to Be My AI for 
interpretation you then also have to delete it and while it is a work-around, I 
wish it could be easier.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VDscanner and Be My AI

Right, any app that uses the share feature, export, etc. will have that 
describe with Be My AI because that is part of Apple's share sheet. So any app 
that provides sharing options can show up there, like Parcel, Dolby On, and 
tons more. But that is not a part of VDScan, it is an Apple feature.
I hope that makes sense.

Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/





On Nov 15, 2023, at 7:27 PM, janet gross 
mailto:janet.harv...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Richard,
I’m talking about the option to use Be My AI in the VDS app.
When I selected to save it in PDF or txt ETC, and name it,
Then look for the option to send it as mail, message, or save it to VDS, ETC, 
you will then see the option to read this with Be My AI.


Janet

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VDscanner and Be My AI

Are you talking about where the Describe with Be My AI under the share image 
option? If so, that is not part of VDScan but part of the share options because 
you have Be My Eyes on your phone. If that is not it, where are you finding the 
option in VDScan?
Actually, I am pretty sure the issue is the size of the attachment.

Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/







On Nov 15, 2023, at 6:04 PM, janet gross 
mailto:janet.harv...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Hi Richard,
I accidentally misspelled the VDS meaning Voice Dream Scanner.
Yes, I’ve heard a little about the Be My AI, but I was blown away to see that 
Be My AI option in the VDS app.
So you’re not for sure though why I can’t send what I scanned other than maybe 
my internet provider.

Thank you.

Janet
From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

Some Internet Service Providers cap the size of emails at 5 MB, so you may not 
be able to send it as one file.
The Be My AI is a tab within Be My Eyes.

What is BDF?




Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/

Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715),
JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of janet 
gross
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: VDscanner and Be My AI

Hi Everyone,
I’ve been struggling with Voice Dream Scanner for at least a few hours. I am 
trying to send to my inbox what I scanned with VDS from the VDS app, and what 
I’ve scanned was my Router information.   I check my inbox but nothing shows up.
I used VDS to scan and sent it to my email inbox several times, with no 
problems, but just not today.
 Can someone please tell me what I must be doing wrong?
The scanned information  consist of 8 pages, in which is 5.8 MB in size.  Does 
that sound like to large for VDS to send to an email?
I’ve saved the information  format in txt as well as PDF, but still I don’t get 
the email in my inbox.
I have to tell you all, this really just blew  my mind, when I seen an option 
to have Be My AI to read the information  to me, so just out of curiosity, I 
had Be My AI to read it to me, and it sure enough read everything!
I got a message after I tapped on the option  to use Be My AI to read this scan 
to me, saying please wait Be My AI chat is reading.
I quickly  heard Be My AI reading the scan image to me, and after that, I heard 
a message saying if I 

RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Where do you get the idea that Be My AI is a Microsoft product? The “Seeing AI” 
app is from Microsoft, “Be My AI” is part of the “Be My Eyes” app which can 
connect you with a sighted helper.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Rajiv 
Shah
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 6:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

Hi. Since BMyAI is a Microsoft product, isn't it ironic that a company like 
Microsoft is dependent on IOS for part of its services, by association? And, 
since a good portion of the world still uses Android or Windows, this leaves an 
important support gap.

Thank you.

Rajiv


From: "Jessica Dail" mailto:jldai...@outlook.com>>
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:27:23 PM
Subject: Re: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

Hi,
I made use of this service today, to fix my computer.
It worked beautifully!
I was able to take pictures of screens & have it read via Voiceover.

Thanks,
Jessica Dail

- Original Message -
From: Sieghard Weitzel
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: 11/15/2023 01:58 PM
Subject: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI

This sounds very interesting and since it is clearly stated that it does not 
replace the option to speak with an actual person I would say this is probably 
a good addition.





From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Alan Lemly
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:45 AM
To: VIPhone Email List
Subject: Fwd: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes



I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least 
the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be 
interested in the below announcement.



Alan Lemly

Sent from my iPhone


Begin forwarded message:

From: Mike from Be My Eyes
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST
To: Alan Lemly
Subject: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com

Read it online

Hi Alan,

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: 
Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft's offering on Be My Eyes opens the 
door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized 
Help. To visit Microsoft's profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to 
Specialized Help. Here you can select "Technical" and click on Microsoft to 
open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new "Chat with Be My 
AI" button on Microsoft's profile and ask any question through a text message! 
Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human 
conversations with a Microsoft agent.

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or 
install and update software, Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can 
assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from Microsoft on Be My 
Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for Android devices. You 
can reach out to Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 
countries worldwide. The service is currently available in English.

You can learn more about Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our 
new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be 
My Eyes

PS: Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make sure to 
forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes!

Best,
Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEO

Keep in touch, find us on:



Questions or concerns? Try our FAQ or contact our support team. If you'd rather 
not get these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here.

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RE: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[Sieghard Weitzel]

The new feature is that you can get accessibility help via text message where 
the answers to your questions will come from an AI rather than to speak via 
video call to a human accessibility support agent.
But it’s not a replacement so you can still initiate a video call to a human 
support agent, but the text option with the AI is also available and I can see 
that for many questions this could very well be all one needs.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of janet 
gross
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 11:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

Hi All,
Microsoft has had this calling option through the Be My Eyes app on the iPhone 
for quite a while, but the only difference I guess is now people will use the 
BE My AI.
I don’t know if this new change has anything to do with calling the MS 
disability help desk though.
So, please correct me if I am wrong.


Janet

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:59 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

This sounds very interesting and since it is clearly stated that it does not 
replace the option to speak with an actual person I would say this is probably 
a good addition.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Alan 
Lemly
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:45 AM
To: VIPhone Email List 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Fwd: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least 
the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be 
interested in the below announcement.

Alan Lemly
Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:
From: Mike from Be My Eyes mailto:no-re...@bemyeyes.com>>
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST
To: Alan Lemly mailto:wale...@gmail.com>>
Subject: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com


Read it online

Hi Alan,

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: 
Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft’s offering on Be My Eyes opens the 
door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized 
Help. To visit Microsoft’s profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to 
Specialized Help. Here you can select “Technical” and click on Microsoft to 
open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new “Chat with Be My 
AI” button on Microsoft’s profile and ask any question through a text message! 
Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human 
conversations with a Microsoft agent.

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or 
install and update software, Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can 
assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from Microsoft on Be My 
Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for Android devices. You 
can reach out to Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 
countries worldwide. The service is currently available in English.

You can learn more about Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our 
new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be 
My 
Eyes

PS: Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make sure to 
forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes!

Best,
Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEO

Keep in touch, find us on:
[Find us on 
Facebook][Follow
 us on 

Re: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[William James]

I would too, but you know as well as I do that having speech in the BIOS will never happen in our lifetimes.  AI is the way to go!Sent from my iPad Air 5On Nov 15, 2023, at 11:26 PM, Robert Doc Wright  wrote:






I'd rather have software to help in the bios.I'll 
admit that knowing what is on the screen is a benefit. I want to actually work 
as I normally do anywhere else.

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  William 
  James 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 1:52 
  PM
  Subject: Re: Microsoft’s Disability 
  Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual 
  Assistant from Be My Eyes
  
  
  I think this is very awesome to have!  I would love to see 
  if it would help me with a BIOS.  Now that would be ground-breaking for 
  sure!
  
  
  Get Outlook for 
  iOS
  

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com  on 
  behalf of Alan Lemly Sent: 
  Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:45:16 PMTo: VIPhone Email List 
  Subject: Fwd: Microsoft’s 
  Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence 
  Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes 
   
  
  I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at 
  least the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might 
  be interested in the below announcement. 
  
  Alan Lemly 
  Sent from my iPhone
  Begin forwarded message:
  
From: Mike from Be My Eyes 
Date: November 15, 2023 at 
10:59:11 AM CSTTo: Alan Lemly 
Subject: Microsoft’s Disability 
Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual 
Assistant from Be My EyesReply-To: 
no-re...@bemyeyes.com
  
 











Read it online


Hi Alan, We are excited to announce a 
new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: Microsoft's Disability Answer 
Desk is now powered by Be My AI. The introduction of Be My AI to 
Microsoft’s offering on Be My Eyes opens the door to a revolutionary new way 
to get immediate assistance through Specialized Help. To visit Microsoft’s 
profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to Specialized Help. Here you 
can select “Technical” and click on Microsoft to open their profile on Be My 
Eyes. You can now tap on the new “Chat with Be My AI” button on Microsoft’s 
profile and ask any question through a text message! Blind users of Be My 
Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human conversations with 
a Microsoft agent. Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft 
account, reboot your laptop, or install and update software, Microsoft’s 
AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can assist you with a number of tasks. 
This new service from Microsoft on Be My Eyes is available to all iOS users 
and is coming soon for Android devices. You can reach out to Microsoft’s 
AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 countries worldwide. The 
service is currently available in English. You can learn more about 
Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our new blog post Introducing 
Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be My Eyes PS: 
Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make sure to 
forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes! 

Best, Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEO




Keep in 
touch, find us on: 
Questions or 
concerns? Try our FAQ or contact our support team. If you'd 
rather not get these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here.
Our address: 
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RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

[janet gross]

Richard,
Right! Regardless, it is in the app as an option.

Janet

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VDscanner and Be My AI

Right, any app that uses the share feature, export, etc. will have that 
describe with Be My AI because that is part of Apple's share sheet. So any app 
that provides sharing options can show up there, like Parcel, Dolby On, and 
tons more. But that is not a part of VDScan, it is an Apple feature.
I hope that makes sense.

Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/





On Nov 15, 2023, at 7:27 PM, janet gross 
mailto:janet.harv...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Richard,
I’m talking about the option to use Be My AI in the VDS app.
When I selected to save it in PDF or txt ETC, and name it,
Then look for the option to send it as mail, message, or save it to VDS, ETC, 
you will then see the option to read this with Be My AI.


Janet

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VDscanner and Be My AI

Are you talking about where the Describe with Be My AI under the share image 
option? If so, that is not part of VDScan but part of the share options because 
you have Be My Eyes on your phone. If that is not it, where are you finding the 
option in VDScan?
Actually, I am pretty sure the issue is the size of the attachment.

Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/







On Nov 15, 2023, at 6:04 PM, janet gross 
mailto:janet.harv...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Hi Richard,
I accidentally misspelled the VDS meaning Voice Dream Scanner.
Yes, I’ve heard a little about the Be My AI, but I was blown away to see that 
Be My AI option in the VDS app.
So you’re not for sure though why I can’t send what I scanned other than maybe 
my internet provider.

Thank you.

Janet
From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

Some Internet Service Providers cap the size of emails at 5 MB, so you may not 
be able to send it as one file.
The Be My AI is a tab within Be My Eyes.

What is BDF?




Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/

Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715),
JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of janet 
gross
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: VDscanner and Be My AI

Hi Everyone,
I’ve been struggling with Voice Dream Scanner for at least a few hours. I am 
trying to send to my inbox what I scanned with VDS from the VDS app, and what 
I’ve scanned was my Router information.   I check my inbox but nothing shows up.
I used VDS to scan and sent it to my email inbox several times, with no 
problems, but just not today.
 Can someone please tell me what I must be doing wrong?
The scanned information  consist of 8 pages, in which is 5.8 MB in size.  Does 
that sound like to large for VDS to send to an email?
I’ve saved the information  format in txt as well as PDF, but still I don’t get 
the email in my inbox.
I have to tell you all, this really just blew  my mind, when I seen an option 
to have Be My AI to read the information  to me, so just out of curiosity, I 
had Be My AI to read it to me, and it sure enough read everything!
I got a message after I tapped on the option  to use Be My AI to read this scan 
to me, saying please wait Be My AI chat is reading.
I quickly  heard Be My AI reading the scan image to me, and after that, I heard 
a message saying if I want to reply to use the edit field!
Well again, out of curiosity, I sent an message back to Be My AI, thanking  
them, and I quickly  got a message back saying I was welcome!
Although, I have the Be My Eyes app on my iPhone, but I haven’t downloaded the 
Be My AI app yet.
I was really blown away to see that feature in the VDS options though.
I am using BDS version 2.0.3 2000300

I would greatly appreciate some ideas how to send this info to my inbox.

Janet
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Re: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[Robert Doc Wright]

I'd rather have software to help in the bios.I'll admit that knowing what is 
on the screen is a benefit. I want to actually work as I normally do 
anywhere else.
  - Original Message - 
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  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 1:52 PM
  Subject: Re: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My 
AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes


  I think this is very awesome to have!  I would love to see if it would 
help me with a BIOS.  Now that would be ground-breaking for sure!




  Get Outlook for iOS

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  Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:45:16 PM
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  Subject: Fwd: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My 
AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

  I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at 
least the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list 
might be interested in the below announcement.


  Alan Lemly
  Sent from my iPhone

  Begin forwarded message:


From: Mike from Be My Eyes 
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST
To: Alan Lemly 
Subject: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com


 Read it online

Hi Alan,

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized 
Help: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft’s offering on Be My Eyes opens 
the door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through 
Specialized Help. To visit Microsoft’s profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and 
navigate to Specialized Help. Here you can select “Technical” and click on 
Microsoft to open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new 
“Chat with Be My AI” button on Microsoft’s profile and ask any question 
through a text message! Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the 
option to use traditional human conversations with a Microsoft agent.

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your 
laptop, or install and update software, Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability 
Answer Desk can assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from 
Microsoft on Be My Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for 
Android devices. You can reach out to Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability 
Answer 24/7 from over 150 countries worldwide. The service is currently 
available in English.

You can learn more about Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk 
on our new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer 
Desk on Be My Eyes

PS: Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make sure 
to forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes!

Best,
Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEO

Keep in touch, find us on:


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Re: VDscanner and Be My AI

[Richard Turner]

Right, any app that uses the share feature, export, etc. will have that describe with Be My AI because that is part of Apple's share sheet. So any app that provides sharing options can show up there, like Parcel, Dolby On, and tons more. But that is not a part of VDScan, it is an Apple feature. I hope that makes sense.Richard, USA“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”-- Cedrick Bridgeforth My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ On Nov 15, 2023, at 7:27 PM, janet gross  wrote:







Richard, 
I’m talking about the option to use Be My AI in the VDS app. 

When I selected to save it in PDF or txt ETC, and name it, 

Then look for the option to send it as mail, message, or save it to VDS, ETC, you will then see the option to read this with Be My AI.

 
 
Janet  
 


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VDscanner and Be My AI


 
Are you talking about where the Describe with Be My AI under the share image option? If so, that is not part of VDScan but part of the share options because you have Be My Eyes on your phone. If that is not it, where are you finding the
 option in VDScan? 

Actually, I am pretty sure the issue is the size of the attachment. 


 


Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth
 
My web site: https://www.turner42.com/
 












On Nov 15, 2023, at 6:04 PM, janet gross  wrote:




 
Hi Richard, 
I accidentally misspelled the VDS meaning Voice Dream Scanner.

Yes, I’ve heard a little about the Be My AI, but I was blown away to see that Be My AI option in the VDS app. 

So you’re not for sure though why I can’t send what I scanned other than maybe my internet provider.

 
Thank you. 
 
Janet 


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: VDscanner and Be My AI


 
Some Internet Service Providers cap the size of emails at 5 MB, so you may not be able to send it as one file.
The Be My AI is a tab within Be My Eyes.
 
What is BDF?
 
 

 
 
Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth
 
My web site: https://www.turner42.com/
 
Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715),

JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400
 

 


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
On Behalf Of janet gross
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: VDscanner and Be My AI


 
Hi Everyone, 
I’ve been struggling with Voice Dream Scanner for at least a few hours. I am trying to send to my inbox what I scanned with VDS from the VDS app, and what I’ve scanned was my Router information.   I check my inbox but nothing shows up.

I used VDS to scan and sent it to my email inbox several times, with no problems, but just not today.   
 Can someone please tell me what I must be doing wrong? 

The scanned information  consist of 8 pages, in which is 5.8 MB in size.  Does that sound like to large for VDS to send to an email?

I’ve saved the information  format in txt as well as PDF, but still I don’t get the email in my inbox.

I have to tell you all, this really just blew  my mind, when I seen an option to have Be My AI to read the information  to me, so just out of curiosity, I had Be My AI to read it to me, and it sure enough read everything! 

I got a message after I tapped on the option  to use Be My AI to read this scan to me, saying please wait Be My AI chat is reading.

I quickly  heard Be My AI reading the scan image to me, and after that, I heard a message saying if I want to reply to use the edit field! 

Well again, out of curiosity, I sent an message back to Be My AI, thanking  them, and I quickly  got a message back saying I was welcome! 

Although, I have the Be My Eyes app on my iPhone, but I haven’t downloaded the Be My AI app yet. 

I was really blown away to see that feature in the VDS options though. 

I am using BDS version 2.0.3 2000300    
 
I would greatly appreciate some ideas how to send this info to my inbox.

 
Janet 
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FW: Be My Eyes Integrates Be My AI™ into its First Contact Center with Stunning Results

[janet gross]

From: tech...@groups.io  On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:38 PM
To: Tech-VI Announcement List 
Subject: [Tech-VI] Be My Eyes Integrates Be My AI™ into its First Contact 
Center with Stunning Results

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Source
Be My Eyes Integrates Be My AI™ into its First Contact Center with Stunning 
Results
Be My Eyes Integrates Be My AI™ into its First Contact Center with Stunning 
Results
World’s First AI Visual Support for Blind and Low Vision Customers
[Alt-text: Four smartphone screens are displayed to demonstrate the user 
experience walk-through of connecting with Be My AI™ via Microsoft’s 
Specialized Help profile in the Be My Eyes app. The first smartphone screen on 
the far left shows the Microsoft company profile in Be My Eyes. The second 
smartphone screen shows the screen that appears when a blind user selects “Chat 
with Be My AI.” Be My AI™ sends a message to the users that reads, “Hello! This 
is Be My AI™ from Microsoft. How can I assist you today?” The third screen 
shows the conversation with Be My AI™ continued, where a user asks, “How do I 
disable Microsoft Outlook?” The fourth and final smartphone screen shows the 
smartphone camera pointing its rear-facing camera onto a Microsoft Outlook 
inbox on a computer desktop screen.]



  *   Be Me Eyes is the first to globally deploy AI-powered visual customer 
service for individuals who are blind or have low vision through Microsoft’s 
Disability Answer Desk.
  *   Be My AI™ is an AI tool that helps vividly describe images for those who 
are blind, and helps companies provide state-of-the-art description services 
for blind and low vision customers.
  *   Be My AI™ is providing 90%+ successful call resolution with dramatic 
reductions in call handle times. Calls can still be escalated to a human, but 
this is only required in 10% of use cases.

Today Be My Eyes is announcing the successful deployment of Be My AI™, a state 
of the art visual assistance tool powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 vision model. 
Beginning this month, Microsoft Disability Answer Desk callers who are blind or 
low vision can now use Be My AI™ to handle all types of customer service calls, 
involving highly complex use cases on everything from Excel spreadsheet 
formulas and interpreting product instructions and diagrams, to rebooting a 
laptop or installing and updating software, and much more.

This is the first use of AI accepting image inputs to augment traditional 
customer service for people with disabilities. In fact, the deployment, which 
has rolled out globally, is producing stunning early results that meet what Be 
My Eyes refers to as the 3S Success Criteria™:

  *   Success: a 90% successful resolution rate by Be My AI™ for Microsoft 
customers who try it. Put another way: only 10% of consumers using AI 
interactions are choosing to escalate to a human call center agent.
  *   Speed: Be My AI™ solves customer issues in one-third the time on average 
compared to Be My Eyes calls answered by a live Microsoft agent (4 minutes on 
average for Be My AI vs. 12 minutes on average for live agent support).
  *   Satisfaction: customer satisfaction ratings have improved with the 
implementation of Be My Eyes in Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk with 
interactions averaging 4.85 out of five stars.

“Our new AI-powered accessible customer service model is producing remarkable 
results for not only one of the world’s largest and most innovative companies, 
but also for a community of blind and low vision consumers,” said Mike Buckley, 
CEO of Be My Eyes. “Be My AI™ is the customer service gold standard for 
companies that want to assist blind and low vision consumers, and we are 
incredibly thankful to Microsoft for their leadership, willingness to partner 
on Accessible CX solutions and their help communicating the benefits of Be My 
AI™ to other enterprises so we can advance our mission to make the world more 
accessible.”

"OpenAI is proud to work with Be My Eyes. They've used our AI models to 
significantly enhance the daily lives of people with low vision or blindness," 
said Brad Lightcap, COO at OpenAI. "Their commitment to making technology more 
accessible showcases a remarkable blend of empathy and innovation, underscoring 
the potential of AI when directed by an understanding of community needs. We’re 
glad to see By My Eyes deploy “Be My AI™” successfully.”

How It Works

With the new addition of Be My AI™ at the front end of the experience, blind 
and low vision consumers can receive rapid, automated support for 
Microsoft-related products and services through AI-based natural language 
conversations. Be My AI™ can also provide contextual, advice-based guidance on 
the request at-hand. For example, Be My AI™ can guide you through the steps to 
install a new version of Windows, describe a PowerPoint presentation, and 
provide 

RE: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[janet gross]

Hi Jessica,
When you say you took picture screens, you mean the Computer screen. Is this 
right?

Janet
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Jessica 
Dail
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:27 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

Hi,
I made use of this service today, to fix my computer.
It worked beautifully!
I was able to take pictures of screens & have it read via Voiceover.

Thanks,
Jessica Dail

- Original Message -
From: Sieghard Weitzel
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: 11/15/2023 01:58 PM
Subject: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI

This sounds very interesting and since it is clearly stated that it does not 
replace the option to speak with an actual person I would say this is probably 
a good addition.





From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of 
Alan Lemly
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:45 AM
To: VIPhone Email List
Subject: Fwd: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes



I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least 
the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be 
interested in the below announcement.



Alan Lemly

Sent from my iPhone


Begin forwarded message:

From: Mike from Be My Eyes
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST
To: Alan Lemly
Subject: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com

Read it online

Hi Alan,

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: 
Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft's offering on Be My Eyes opens the 
door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized 
Help. To visit Microsoft's profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to 
Specialized Help. Here you can select "Technical" and click on Microsoft to 
open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new "Chat with Be My 
AI" button on Microsoft's profile and ask any question through a text message! 
Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human 
conversations with a Microsoft agent.

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or 
install and update software, Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can 
assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from Microsoft on Be My 
Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for Android devices. You 
can reach out to Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 
countries worldwide. The service is currently available in English.

You can learn more about Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our 
new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be 
My Eyes

PS: Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make sure to 
forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes!

Best,
Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEO

Keep in touch, find us on:



Questions or concerns? Try our FAQ or contact our support team. If you'd rather 
not get these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here.

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RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

[janet gross]

Richard,
I’m talking about the option to use Be My AI in the VDS app.
When I selected to save it in PDF or txt ETC, and name it,
Then look for the option to send it as mail, message, or save it to VDS, ETC, 
you will then see the option to read this with Be My AI.


Janet

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VDscanner and Be My AI

Are you talking about where the Describe with Be My AI under the share image 
option? If so, that is not part of VDScan but part of the share options because 
you have Be My Eyes on your phone. If that is not it, where are you finding the 
option in VDScan?
Actually, I am pretty sure the issue is the size of the attachment.

Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/





On Nov 15, 2023, at 6:04 PM, janet gross 
mailto:janet.harv...@outlook.com>> wrote:

Hi Richard,
I accidentally misspelled the VDS meaning Voice Dream Scanner.
Yes, I’ve heard a little about the Be My AI, but I was blown away to see that 
Be My AI option in the VDS app.
So you’re not for sure though why I can’t send what I scanned other than maybe 
my internet provider.

Thank you.

Janet
From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

Some Internet Service Providers cap the size of emails at 5 MB, so you may not 
be able to send it as one file.
The Be My AI is a tab within Be My Eyes.

What is BDF?




Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/

Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715),
JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of janet 
gross
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: VDscanner and Be My AI

Hi Everyone,
I’ve been struggling with Voice Dream Scanner for at least a few hours. I am 
trying to send to my inbox what I scanned with VDS from the VDS app, and what 
I’ve scanned was my Router information.   I check my inbox but nothing shows up.
I used VDS to scan and sent it to my email inbox several times, with no 
problems, but just not today.
 Can someone please tell me what I must be doing wrong?
The scanned information  consist of 8 pages, in which is 5.8 MB in size.  Does 
that sound like to large for VDS to send to an email?
I’ve saved the information  format in txt as well as PDF, but still I don’t get 
the email in my inbox.
I have to tell you all, this really just blew  my mind, when I seen an option 
to have Be My AI to read the information  to me, so just out of curiosity, I 
had Be My AI to read it to me, and it sure enough read everything!
I got a message after I tapped on the option  to use Be My AI to read this scan 
to me, saying please wait Be My AI chat is reading.
I quickly  heard Be My AI reading the scan image to me, and after that, I heard 
a message saying if I want to reply to use the edit field!
Well again, out of curiosity, I sent an message back to Be My AI, thanking  
them, and I quickly  got a message back saying I was welcome!
Although, I have the Be My Eyes app on my iPhone, but I haven’t downloaded the 
Be My AI app yet.
I was really blown away to see that feature in the VDS options though.
I am using BDS version 2.0.3 2000300

I would greatly appreciate some ideas how to send this info to my inbox.

Janet
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Re: VDscanner and Be My AI

[Richard Turner]

Are you talking about where the Describe with Be My AI under the share image option? If so, that is not part of VDScan but part of the share options because you have Be My Eyes on your phone. If that is not it, where are you finding the option in VDScan? Actually, I am pretty sure the issue is the size of the attachment. Richard, USA“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”-- Cedrick Bridgeforth My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ On Nov 15, 2023, at 6:04 PM, janet gross  wrote:







Hi Richard, 
I accidentally misspelled the VDS meaning Voice Dream Scanner.

Yes, I’ve heard a little about the Be My AI, but I was blown away to see that Be My AI option in the VDS app. 

So you’re not for sure though why I can’t send what I scanned other than maybe my internet provider.

 
Thank you. 
 
Janet 


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: VDscanner and Be My AI


 
Some Internet Service Providers cap the size of emails at 5 MB, so you may not be able to send it as one file.
The Be My AI is a tab within Be My Eyes.
 
What is BDF?
 
 

 
 
Richard, USA
“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth
 
My web site: https://www.turner42.com/
 
Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715),

JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400
 

 


From:
viphone@googlegroups.com 
On Behalf Of janet gross
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: VDscanner and Be My AI


 
Hi Everyone, 
I’ve been struggling with Voice Dream Scanner for at least a few hours. I am trying to send to my inbox what I scanned with VDS from the VDS app, and what I’ve scanned was my Router information.   I check my inbox but nothing shows up.

I used VDS to scan and sent it to my email inbox several times, with no problems, but just not today.   
 Can someone please tell me what I must be doing wrong? 

The scanned information  consist of 8 pages, in which is 5.8 MB in size.  Does that sound like to large for VDS to send to an email?

I’ve saved the information  format in txt as well as PDF, but still I don’t get the email in my inbox.

I have to tell you all, this really just blew  my mind, when I seen an option to have Be My AI to read the information  to me, so just out of curiosity, I had Be My AI to read it to me, and it sure enough read everything! 

I got a message after I tapped on the option  to use Be My AI to read this scan to me, saying please wait Be My AI chat is reading.

I quickly  heard Be My AI reading the scan image to me, and after that, I heard a message saying if I want to reply to use the edit field! 

Well again, out of curiosity, I sent an message back to Be My AI, thanking  them, and I quickly  got a message back saying I was welcome! 

Although, I have the Be My Eyes app on my iPhone, but I haven’t downloaded the Be My AI app yet. 

I was really blown away to see that feature in the VDS options though. 

I am using BDS version 2.0.3 2000300    
 
I would greatly appreciate some ideas how to send this info to my inbox.

 
Janet 
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Re: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[Rajiv Shah]

Hi. Since BMyAI is a Microsoft product, isn't it ironic that a company like 
Microsoft is dependent on IOS for part of its services, by association? And, 
since a good portion of the world still uses Android or Windows, this leaves an 
important support gap. 

Thank you. 

Rajiv 


From: "Jessica Dail"  
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:27:23 PM 
Subject: Re: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes 

Hi, 
I made use of this service today, to fix my computer. 
It worked beautifully! 
I was able to take pictures of screens & have it read via Voiceover. 

Thanks, 
Jessica Dail 

- Original Message - 
From: Sieghard Weitzel 
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Date: 11/15/2023 01:58 PM 
Subject: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes 

Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI 

This sounds very interesting and since it is clearly stated that it does not 
replace the option to speak with an actual person I would say this is probably 
a good addition. 





From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Alan Lemly 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:45 AM 
To: VIPhone Email List 
Subject: Fwd: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes 



I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least 
the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be 
interested in the below announcement. 



Alan Lemly 

Sent from my iPhone 


Begin forwarded message: 

From: Mike from Be My Eyes 
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST 
To: Alan Lemly 
Subject: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes 
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com 

Read it online 

Hi Alan, 

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: 
Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI. 

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft's offering on Be My Eyes opens the 
door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized 
Help. To visit Microsoft's profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to 
Specialized Help. Here you can select "Technical" and click on Microsoft to 
open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new "Chat with Be My 
AI" button on Microsoft's profile and ask any question through a text message! 
Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human 
conversations with a Microsoft agent. 

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or 
install and update software, Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can 
assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from Microsoft on Be My 
Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for Android devices. You 
can reach out to Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 
countries worldwide. The service is currently available in English. 

You can learn more about Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our 
new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be 
My Eyes 

PS: Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make sure to 
forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes! 

Best, 
Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEO 

Keep in touch, find us on: 



Questions or concerns? Try our FAQ or contact our support team. If you'd rather 
not get these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here. 

Our address: Be My Eyes, 2345 Yale Street, 1st Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94306  



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Re: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

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Hi,I made use of this service today, to fix my computer.It worked beautifully!I was able to take pictures of screens & have it read via Voiceover.Thanks,Jessica Dail- Original Message -From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: 11/15/2023 01:58 PMSubject: RE: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My EyesMicrosoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI This sounds very interesting and since it is clearly stated that it does not replace the option to speak with an actual person I would say this is probably a good addition.  From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Alan LemlySent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:45 AMTo: VIPhone Email List Subject: Fwd: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be interested in the below announcement.  Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhoneBegin forwarded message:From: Mike from Be My Eyes Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CSTTo: Alan Lemly Subject: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My EyesReply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.comRead it onlineHi Alan, We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI. The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft's offering on Be My Eyes opens the door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized Help. To visit Microsoft's profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to Specialized Help. Here you can select "Technical" and click on Microsoft to open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new "Chat with Be My AI" button on Microsoft's profile and ask any question through a text message! Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human conversations with a Microsoft agent. Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or install and update software, Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from Microsoft on Be My Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for Android devices. You can reach out to Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 countries worldwide. The service is currently available in English. You can learn more about Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be My Eyes PS: Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make sure to forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes! Best, Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEOKeep in touch, find us on: Questions or concerns? Try our FAQ or contact our support team. If you'd rather not get these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here.Our address: Be My Eyes, 2345 Yale Street, 1st Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94306  -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/028A5242-15A2-4802-8AA7-6DAD6C54266B%40gmail.com.-- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit 

RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

[janet gross]

Hi Richard,
I accidentally misspelled the VDS meaning Voice Dream Scanner.
Yes, I've heard a little about the Be My AI, but I was blown away to see that 
Be My AI option in the VDS app.
So you're not for sure though why I can't send what I scanned other than maybe 
my internet provider.

Thank you.

Janet
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 7:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

Some Internet Service Providers cap the size of emails at 5 MB, so you may not 
be able to send it as one file.
The Be My AI is a tab within Be My Eyes.

What is BDF?




Richard, USA
"Grandma always told us, "Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it."
-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/

Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715),
JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of janet 
gross
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: VDscanner and Be My AI

Hi Everyone,
I've been struggling with Voice Dream Scanner for at least a few hours. I am 
trying to send to my inbox what I scanned with VDS from the VDS app, and what 
I've scanned was my Router information.   I check my inbox but nothing shows up.
I used VDS to scan and sent it to my email inbox several times, with no 
problems, but just not today.
 Can someone please tell me what I must be doing wrong?
The scanned information  consist of 8 pages, in which is 5.8 MB in size.  Does 
that sound like to large for VDS to send to an email?
I've saved the information  format in txt as well as PDF, but still I don't get 
the email in my inbox.
I have to tell you all, this really just blew  my mind, when I seen an option 
to have Be My AI to read the information  to me, so just out of curiosity, I 
had Be My AI to read it to me, and it sure enough read everything!
I got a message after I tapped on the option  to use Be My AI to read this scan 
to me, saying please wait Be My AI chat is reading.
I quickly  heard Be My AI reading the scan image to me, and after that, I heard 
a message saying if I want to reply to use the edit field!
Well again, out of curiosity, I sent an message back to Be My AI, thanking  
them, and I quickly  got a message back saying I was welcome!
Although, I have the Be My Eyes app on my iPhone, but I haven't downloaded the 
Be My AI app yet.
I was really blown away to see that feature in the VDS options though.
I am using BDS version 2.0.3 2000300

I would greatly appreciate some ideas how to send this info to my inbox.

Janet
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RE: VDscanner and Be My AI

[Richard Turner]

Some Internet Service Providers cap the size of emails at 5 MB, so you may not 
be able to send it as one file.

The Be My AI is a tab within Be My Eyes.

 

What is BDF?

 

 

 

 

Richard, USA

“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”

-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

 

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/

 

Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715), 

JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of janet 
gross
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 5:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: VDscanner and Be My AI

 

Hi Everyone, 

I’ve been struggling with Voice Dream Scanner for at least a few hours. I am 
trying to send to my inbox what I scanned with VDS from the VDS app, and what 
I’ve scanned was my Router information.   I check my inbox but nothing shows 
up. 

I used VDS to scan and sent it to my email inbox several times, with no 
problems, but just not today.   

 Can someone please tell me what I must be doing wrong? 

The scanned information  consist of 8 pages, in which is 5.8 MB in size.  Does 
that sound like to large for VDS to send to an email? 

I’ve saved the information  format in txt as well as PDF, but still I don’t get 
the email in my inbox. 

I have to tell you all, this really just blew  my mind, when I seen an option 
to have Be My AI to read the information  to me, so just out of curiosity, I 
had Be My AI to read it to me, and it sure enough read everything!  

I got a message after I tapped on the option  to use Be My AI to read this scan 
to me, saying please wait Be My AI chat is reading. 

I quickly  heard Be My AI reading the scan image to me, and after that, I heard 
a message saying if I want to reply to use the edit field!  

Well again, out of curiosity, I sent an message back to Be My AI, thanking  
them, and I quickly  got a message back saying I was welcome!  

Although, I have the Be My Eyes app on my iPhone, but I haven’t downloaded the 
Be My AI app yet.  

I was really blown away to see that feature in the VDS options though.  

I am using BDS version 2.0.3 2000300

 

I would greatly appreciate some ideas how to send this info to my inbox. 

 

Janet 

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VDscanner and Be My AI

[janet gross]

Hi Everyone,
I've been struggling with Voice Dream Scanner for at least a few hours. I am 
trying to send to my inbox what I scanned with VDS from the VDS app, and what 
I've scanned was my Router information.   I check my inbox but nothing shows up.
I used VDS to scan and sent it to my email inbox several times, with no 
problems, but just not today.
 Can someone please tell me what I must be doing wrong?
The scanned information  consist of 8 pages, in which is 5.8 MB in size.  Does 
that sound like to large for VDS to send to an email?
I've saved the information  format in txt as well as PDF, but still I don't get 
the email in my inbox.
I have to tell you all, this really just blew  my mind, when I seen an option 
to have Be My AI to read the information  to me, so just out of curiosity, I 
had Be My AI to read it to me, and it sure enough read everything!
I got a message after I tapped on the option  to use Be My AI to read this scan 
to me, saying please wait Be My AI chat is reading.
I quickly  heard Be My AI reading the scan image to me, and after that, I heard 
a message saying if I want to reply to use the edit field!
Well again, out of curiosity, I sent an message back to Be My AI, thanking  
them, and I quickly  got a message back saying I was welcome!
Although, I have the Be My Eyes app on my iPhone, but I haven't downloaded the 
Be My AI app yet.
I was really blown away to see that feature in the VDS options though.
I am using BDS version 2.0.3 2000300

I would greatly appreciate some ideas how to send this info to my inbox.

Janet

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Re: xm radio app

[William James]

If you like rock from the 60' through today, give Rock Bar a shot.  Channel 713 
is where it' at.
 Sent from my iPad Air 5

> On Nov 15, 2023, at 10:01 AM, Rhonda Hornbacher  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I am becoming more familiar with the regular app. I will purchase the paid 
> app also for ease of use.
> 
> Thanks for all assistance,
> R
> 
>> On Nov 14, 2023, at 8:29 PM, Richard Turner  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> The only place I've found a search is on the recently played items tab.
>> It doesn't seem limited to stuff you have already played.
>> 
>> Richard, USA
>> ——
>> "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley
>> (Sent from my iPhone)
>> 
 On Nov 14, 2023, at 5:19 PM, Amy rule  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> I can use the app without any problem, except that I am unable to find any 
>>> way to search. Anybody know where that edit field is, if it exists? Thanks.
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Nov 14, 2023, at 1:15 PM, Andy Baracco  wrote:
 
 I use the Sirius XM app on a daily basis with no issues.
 
 Andy
 
 - Original Message - From: "Rhonda Hornbacher" 
 
 To: 
 Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 5:47 AM
 Subject: xm radio app
 
 
> .
> 
> Is there a more user friendly app I can use to access xm radio content? 
> If so, what is the name of this app.
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> Hi friends,
> 
> I find the xm radio app on my phone to be nonintuitive
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Re: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[William James]

I think this is very awesome to have!  I would love to see if it would help me 
with a BIOS.  Now that would be ground-breaking for sure!


Get Outlook for iOS

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Alan 
Lemly 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:45:16 PM
To: VIPhone Email List 
Subject: Fwd: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least 
the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be 
interested in the below announcement.

Alan Lemly
Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: Mike from Be My Eyes 
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST
To: Alan Lemly 
Subject: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com



Read it online

Hi Alan,

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: 
Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft’s offering on Be My Eyes opens the 
door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized 
Help. To visit Microsoft’s profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to 
Specialized Help. Here you can select “Technical” and click on Microsoft to 
open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new “Chat with Be My 
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Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human 
conversations with a Microsoft agent.

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or 
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RE: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[janet gross]

Hi All,
Microsoft has had this calling option through the Be My Eyes app on the iPhone 
for quite a while, but the only difference I guess is now people will use the 
BE My AI.
I don’t know if this new change has anything to do with calling the MS 
disability help desk though.
So, please correct me if I am wrong.


Janet

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:59 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

This sounds very interesting and since it is clearly stated that it does not 
replace the option to speak with an actual person I would say this is probably 
a good addition.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Alan 
Lemly
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:45 AM
To: VIPhone Email List 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Fwd: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least 
the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be 
interested in the below announcement.

Alan Lemly
Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:
From: Mike from Be My Eyes mailto:no-re...@bemyeyes.com>>
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST
To: Alan Lemly mailto:wale...@gmail.com>>
Subject: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com


Read it online

Hi Alan,

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: 
Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft’s offering on Be My Eyes opens the 
door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized 
Help. To visit Microsoft’s profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to 
Specialized Help. Here you can select “Technical” and click on Microsoft to 
open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new “Chat with Be My 
AI” button on Microsoft’s profile and ask any question through a text message! 
Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human 
conversations with a Microsoft agent.

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or 
install and update software, Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can 
assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from Microsoft on Be My 
Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for Android devices. You 
can reach out to Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 
countries worldwide. The service is currently available in English.

You can learn more about Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our 
new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be 
My 
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RE: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[Sieghard Weitzel]

This sounds very interesting and since it is clearly stated that it does not 
replace the option to speak with an actual person I would say this is probably 
a good addition.


From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Alan 
Lemly
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:45 AM
To: VIPhone Email List 
Subject: Fwd: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, 
the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least 
the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be 
interested in the below announcement.

Alan Lemly
Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:
From: Mike from Be My Eyes mailto:no-re...@bemyeyes.com>>
Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST
To: Alan Lemly mailto:wale...@gmail.com>>
Subject: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the 
Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes
Reply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com


Read it online

Hi Alan,

We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: 
Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.

The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft’s offering on Be My Eyes opens the 
door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized 
Help. To visit Microsoft’s profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to 
Specialized Help. Here you can select “Technical” and click on Microsoft to 
open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new “Chat with Be My 
AI” button on Microsoft’s profile and ask any question through a text message! 
Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human 
conversations with a Microsoft agent.

Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or 
install and update software, Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can 
assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from Microsoft on Be My 
Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for Android devices. You 
can reach out to Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 
countries worldwide. The service is currently available in English.

You can learn more about Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our 
new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be 
My 
Eyes

PS: Do you know someone who can benefit from this new service? Make sure to 
forward this email to them and invite them to join Be My Eyes!

Best,
Mike Buckley, Be My Eyes CEO

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RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

[Carolyn Arnold]

Dido, Marilyn, and like you say, all minds do not work alike. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
MARILYN AND DON BILDERBACK 
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 8:25 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

Carolyn,  me too!  My husband describes all kinds of things as we drive or eat 
out in a restaurant.  He will do this without me asking and I love to know what 
is around me.  

Onetime while eating out with a friend in another state, Don mentioned that 
their were canoes attached to the ceiling in a Mexican food place that our 
friend goes to often.  She was astonished because in all the times she was 
there, no one ever told her about the décor. What good do these descriptions do 
for me as I can see nothing anymore?  The information makes me feel more a part 
of the world.  I was interested in stuff when I could see and still enjoy the 
explanations.   

Whatever a person wants or needs is the right thing for them.  Not all people 
would like what I like. What fun to know your mind works kinda like mine.  Lol

Marilyn 



-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Carolyn 
Arnold
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 11:55 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

I asked Jim what he looked like, when we first started seeing each other. I 
want to know what color everything is, what kind of cars everyone drives, 
what's in style, all that sight stuff that I don't have now. I want to know 
what color the furniture is, what color the floor covering, cabinets and on and 
on. 

I guess what people look like too, and some of us laugh at my guesses. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
CJ & AA MAY
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 11:23 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

You may have a point here as I am interested to know what people look like and 
amsurprised when they turn out not to be at all like I'd imagined.
It troubles me a little to realise, as I write this, that I have no idea what 
my husband now looks like. If he went missing, there is very little I could say 
to help find him.
Alison


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Carolyn 
Arnold
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 4:20 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

I agree with Sieghard. My guess, and this is only a guess is that the ones of 
us who have had some or full sight are more willing to hear what Be My A I 
might say about our expression. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 9:05 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

I would agree with Sieghard, but I suspect what Mary and others are getting at 
is not what they choose to use or not but what others are using and how that 
might affect how they interpret the world based on those AI generated 
descriptions. As Mary says though, anytime you're getting a description from 
another source, even if it's a sighted person, it isn't going to be free of 
interpretation.

Reminds me of a friend of mine in college who was helping me pick out a 
greeting card. She told me she would just describe the card to me and wouldn't 
be subjective at all. Later on she described a card as "yucky yellow." We had a 
good laugh over that, but I didn't get that card.

For those who don't want any kind of interpretation of a description coming 
from an AI, I wonder what they would consider an acceptable description. I'd 
find it interesting if someone took a response from Be My AI and then 
sterilized it into what they would find acceptable. I'm guessing that the more 
sterile descriptions wouldn't be nearly as popular and most people find the 
interpretation of the image as one of the more interesting parts of the 
description.

--
Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷
Chaltain at Outlook, USA

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 10:13 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

Anybody who does not like or agree with some of the interpretations of the AI 
is free not to use the service.
Just as you may not appreciate it, I have so far felt that even descriptions 
which included descriptions of facial expressions were actually amazingly 
correct when I asked sighted people to tell me what they thought of the 
desdcription and whether they agtreed that the interpretation was good or not.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 7:37 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Be My AI and what it may teach 

Fwd: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes

[Alan Lemly]

Title: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI
I'm not sure I want AI handling my Microsoft accessibility issues but at least the below states a live person can be requested. Thought the list might be interested in the below announcement. Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhoneBegin forwarded message:From: Mike from Be My Eyes Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CSTTo: Alan Lemly Subject: Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My EyesReply-To: no-re...@bemyeyes.com

  




















	


		
		
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	We are excited to announce a new feature for Be My Eyes Specialized Help: Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk is now powered by Be My AI.
	
	
The introduction of Be My AI to Microsoft’s offering on Be My Eyes opens the door to a revolutionary new way to get immediate assistance through Specialized Help. To visit Microsoft’s profile, open the Be My Eyes app, and navigate to Specialized Help. Here you can select “Technical” and click on Microsoft to open their profile on Be My Eyes. You can now tap on the new “Chat with Be My AI” button on Microsoft’s profile and ask any question through a text message! Blind users of Be My Eyes will always have the option to use traditional human conversations with a Microsoft agent.


Whether you need to set up your new Microsoft account, reboot your laptop, or install and update software, Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk can assist you with a number of tasks. This new service from Microsoft on Be My Eyes is available to all iOS users and is coming soon for Android devices. You can reach out to Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer 24/7 from over 150 countries worldwide. The service is currently available in English.
	
	
	You can learn more about Microsoft’s AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on our new blog post Introducing Microsoft's AI-Powered Disability Answer Desk on Be My Eyes
	
	
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Re: xm radio app

[Rhonda Hornbacher]

I am becoming more familiar with the regular app. I will purchase the paid app 
also for ease of use.

Thanks for all assistance,
R

> On Nov 14, 2023, at 8:29 PM, Richard Turner  
> wrote:
> 
> The only place I've found a search is on the recently played items tab. 
> It doesn't seem limited to stuff you have already played. 
> 
> Richard, USA 
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> (Sent from my iPhone)
> 
>> On Nov 14, 2023, at 5:19 PM, Amy rule  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> I can use the app without any problem, except that I am unable to find any 
>> way to search. Anybody know where that edit field is, if it exists? Thanks.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Nov 14, 2023, at 1:15 PM, Andy Baracco  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I use the Sirius XM app on a daily basis with no issues.
>>> 
>>> Andy
>>> 
>>> - Original Message - From: "Rhonda Hornbacher" 
>>> 
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>>> Subject: xm radio app
>>> 
>>> 
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 Is there a more user friendly app I can use to access xm radio content? If 
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 I find the xm radio app on my phone to be nonintuitive
 
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Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

['Andrew Walker' via VIPhone]

I have carried out accademic studies at some depth into the role of facial 
experessions and other types of what is sometimes termed body language. 
Firstly it is not possible to determine someone's inner emotional state 
from expressions reliably. Just because someone is smiling it does not 
always mean that they are happy, it can be just the reverse and smiling is 
a type of social signal. It is not even possible to determine that someone 
is lying by their body language and facial expressions, although the better 
someone knows a person the more reliable this can be. Studies of police 
interviewing suspects are no better than random chance at determining 
whether someone is telling the truth. The fact that someone can smile for a 
photograph just indicates how fake facial expressions can be. Anyone giving 
you a description of someone else is doing this through a system of mental 
filters and will vary wildly. I take the AI descriptions as much the same 
as a real person, that is, with a pinch of salt. I don't mind a degree of 
subjectivity since all such descriptions, AI or not are going to have an 
element of subjectivity. One of the great things about the AI is that it 
determines what it thinks is the most important element of the picture and 
appears to give this to you first. This saves time, and it usually seems to 
me it gives the people first  and then other items as to whether they might 
be important or nearer the middle of the picture. This is always going to 
be subjective and personally I don't mind it and indeed I find it the most 
useful feature. I know others have a different opinion which is fine too.

On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at 09:56:13 UTC Ketan Kothari wrote:

> Hi friends,
>
> I am from India and have been using AI for a while. There are plusses
> and minusses in every technology and I am shocked that we are wasting
> so much of time for this. Look at it this way. I am able to achieve
> quite a few things with AI that I couldn't otherwise. and of course,
> we always have the choice not to use it. By the way, I have checked
> the description with my sighted friends and there is generally
> agreement between them and be my AI. Let us not clutter the group
> with discussion that is more about end result of an app usage rather
> than its accessibility.
>
> Ketan
>
> On 14/11/2023, CJ & AA MAY  wrote:
> > We live in a world where predominantly people have vision and, as a
> > minority, it is up to us to adapt.
> > Sighted people have mentioned to me how uncomfortable they feel when 
> talking
> > to a blind person who doesn't turn to face them when talking.
> > A smile doesn't just indicate that you are happy, it is showing you are
> > friendly and approachable, that you are grateful for help which is 
> given, it
> > is a silent acknowledgement.
> > Alison
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: vip...@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Mary
> > Otten
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 3:37 AM
> > To: vip...@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
> >
> > I do not want to know what some artificial intelligence thinks somebody’s
> > expression means. Cultural stuff hugely influences that sort of thing. 
> And
> > as a totally blind person from birth, I can’t tell you how many times 
> people
> > have asked me why are you angry? Because I’m not smiling. Apparently 
> you’re
> > supposed to go around smiling all the time especially if you’re a woman. 
> So
> > I don’t trust AI male centric and Eurocentric as it must obviously be, 
> based
> > on who is making these glorious language models and facial expression 
> models
> > etc.I don’t want it. I want human to human interaction, and never mind
> > somebody else assuming they know what I’m thinking because of how my face
> > looks. I sure don’t want to inflict that misunderstanding on somebody 
> else.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Nov 13, 2023, at 6:49 PM, realman02 via VIPhone
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >> Good points, Kelly. The reason it bothers me is that it's not
> >> human-to-human interaction; it's a large language model that's making
> >> those judgements.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: vip...@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> >> Kellie
> >> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 9:21 PM
> >> To: vip...@googlegroups.com
> >> Subject: Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
> >>
> >> I think the other thing that people need to keep in mind, it’s just
> >> because an artificial intelligence says that’s your expression doesn’t
> >> mean you have to believe it. You can ask follow-up questions. The beauty
> >> is we have deductive reasoning and can make that determination with
> >> further input. Also, if you’re totally blind, every input of an 
> expression
> >> is going to be through hearsay whether it’s artificial intelligence or
> >> another human being. You’re still going by their interpretation of the
> >> expression, not your own judgment. Every single thing 

Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

[Ketan Kothari]

Hi friends,

I am from India and have been using AI for a while.  There are plusses
and minusses in every technology and I am shocked that we are wasting
so much of time for this.  Look at it this way.  I am able to achieve
quite a few things with AI that I couldn't otherwise.  and of course,
we always have the choice not to use it.  By the way, I have checked
the description with my sighted friends and there is generally
agreement between them and be my AI.  Let us not clutter the group
with discussion that is more about end result of an app usage rather
than its accessibility.

Ketan

On 14/11/2023, CJ & AA MAY  wrote:
> We live in a world where predominantly people have vision and, as a
> minority, it is up to us to adapt.
> Sighted people have mentioned to me how uncomfortable they feel when talking
> to a blind person who doesn't turn to face them when talking.
> A smile doesn't just indicate that you are happy, it is showing you are
> friendly and approachable, that you are grateful for help which is given, it
> is a silent acknowledgement.
> Alison
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary
> Otten
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 3:37 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
>
> I do not want to know what some artificial intelligence thinks somebody’s
> expression means. Cultural stuff hugely influences that sort of thing. And
> as a totally blind person from birth, I can’t tell you how many times people
> have asked me why are you angry? Because I’m not smiling. Apparently you’re
> supposed to go around smiling all the time especially if you’re a woman. So
> I don’t trust AI male centric and Eurocentric as it must obviously be, based
> on who is making these glorious language models and facial expression models
> etc.I don’t want it. I want human to human interaction, and never mind
> somebody else assuming they know what I’m thinking because of how my face
> looks. I sure don’t want to inflict that misunderstanding on somebody else.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 13, 2023, at 6:49 PM, realman02 via VIPhone
>>  wrote:
>>
>> Good points, Kelly. The reason it bothers me is that it's not
>> human-to-human interaction; it's a large language model that's making
>> those judgements.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> Kellie
>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 9:21 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
>>
>> I think the other thing that people need to keep in mind, it’s just
>> because an artificial intelligence says that’s your expression doesn’t
>> mean you have to believe it. You can ask follow-up questions. The beauty
>> is we have deductive reasoning and can make that determination with
>> further input. Also, if you’re totally blind, every input of an expression
>> is going to be through hearsay whether it’s artificial intelligence or
>> another human being. You’re still going by their interpretation of the
>> expression, not your own judgment. Every single thing that is described to
>> us is through someone else’s eyes or interpretation of what they visually
>> perceive it to be. That means, every description is suspect since no two
>> people are going to take away the same thing. That’s why it doesn’t really
>> bother me if the artificial intelligence Gives an answer that isn’t maybe
>> how I’m feeling or etc. because I can use my reasoning to figure it out.
>>
>> Kellie and my lovable Lady J
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Nov 13, 2023, at 7:26 PM, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree with that. The Be my A I is just telling us what we'd see, if we
>>> could - hairy arm; stern expression. I would want it to tell me what it
>>> sees.
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Robert Doc Wright
>>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 4:50 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
>>>
>>> What is wrong with the truth?
>>>
>>>   - Original Message -
>>>   From: Cristóbal Muñoz 
>>>   To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>>>   Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:09 PM
>>>   Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
>>>
>>>
>>>   This topic reminds me of these two articles.
>>>
>>>   Blind Olympic athletes show the universal nature of pride and shame
>>> 
>>>
>>>   The role of visual experience in the production of emotional facial
>>> expressions by blind people:
>>> 
>>>
>>>   Sometimes, BeMyEyes descriptions aren’t appreciated. The other day, I
>>> used it to snap a photo of a bag of green coffee beans that I 

Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?

['Angie Nutt' via VIPhone]

Yes, have experienced this with some shoe polish: I have a small amount of 
sight and thought, along with my father-in-law who is sighted, that it was 
black; my mother-in-law, also sighted, thought it was brown.

All the best
Angie

> On 14 Nov 2023, at 16:15, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Try asking two or more sighted people how something looks, and odds are you 
> will get two or more different answers. 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Kellie
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 9:21 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
> 
> I think the other thing that people need to keep in mind, it’s just because 
> an artificial intelligence says that’s your expression doesn’t mean you have 
> to believe it. You can ask follow-up questions. The beauty is we have 
> deductive reasoning and can make that determination with further input. Also, 
> if you’re totally blind, every input of an expression is going to be through 
> hearsay whether it’s artificial intelligence or another human being. You’re 
> still going by their interpretation of the expression, not your own judgment. 
> Every single thing that is described to us is through someone else’s eyes or 
> interpretation of what they visually perceive it to be. That means, every 
> description is suspect since no two people are going to take away the same 
> thing. That’s why it doesn’t really bother me if the artificial intelligence 
> Gives an answer that isn’t maybe how I’m feeling or etc. because I can use my 
> reasoning to figure it out. 
> 
> Kellie and my lovable Lady J  
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 13, 2023, at 7:26 PM, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I agree with that. The Be my A I is just telling us what we'd see, if we 
>> could - hairy arm; stern expression. I would want it to tell me what it sees.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Robert Doc Wright
>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 4:50 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
>> 
>> What is wrong with the truth?
>> 
>>   - Original Message - 
>>   From: Cristóbal Muñoz   
>>   To: viphone@googlegroups.com   
>>   Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:09 PM
>>   Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
>> 
>> 
>>   This topic reminds me of these two articles.
>> 
>>   Blind Olympic athletes show the universal nature of pride and shame 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>   The role of visual experience in the production of emotional facial 
>> expressions by blind people: 
>>  
>> 
>>   Sometimes, BeMyEyes descriptions aren’t appreciated. The other day, I used 
>> it to snap a photo of a bag of green coffee beans that I wanted to roast. I 
>> held the bag of beans in my left hand and snapped the picture with my iPhone 
>> in my right hand. BeMyEyes came back with a description of the type of bean, 
>> region where they were grown, altitude and a whole bunch of other info I 
>> wouldn’t gotten if I tried using SeeingAI. Cool cool… 
>> 
>>   At the end of the very detailed description, BeMyEyes also wrote that the 
>> bag was being held by someone with a harry arm. WTH! What’s up with the 
>> editorializing? 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Cristóbal
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   -Original Message-
>>   From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>>   Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 12:31 PM
>>   To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>   Subject: RE: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   What did your friend say about your expression? I assume it described you 
>> as "serious" because you weren't smiling.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   -Original Message-
>> 
>>   From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
>> Malcolm Parfitt
>> 
>>   Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2023 4:52 PM
>> 
>>   To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
>> 
>>   Subject: Be My AI and what it may teach us?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Hello friends.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   I appreciate that none of you know me personally and like me have no idea 
>> what I look like.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   However, at my request a friend of mine took a picture of me recently when 
>> we were in what we call in the UK a pub.  I was very interested in the 
>> results I obtained when asking Be My AI to describe the photo.  It’s 
>> description was:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   The man in the picture has a fair complexion and a sturdy build. His hair 
>> is short and appears to be a mix of gray and black, and he has a full head 
>> of hair. His 

Re: xm radio app

[alban hoxha]

is free app?

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  on behalf of 
Christopher Chaltain 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 2:30:24 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: RE: xm radio app

Yes, it's at the top of your recently played items page. I'd figure it would be 
on the discovery page, so I agree, it's hard to find.

--
Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷
Chaltain at Outlook, USA

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Amy ruell
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 1:56 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: xm radio app

Hello all,
I can use the app without any problem, except that I am unable to find any way 
to search. Anybody know where that edit field is, if it exists? Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 14, 2023, at 1:15 PM, Andy Baracco  wrote:
>
> I use the Sirius XM app on a daily basis with no issues.
>
> Andy
>
> - Original Message - From: "Rhonda Hornbacher" 
> 
> To: 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 5:47 AM
> Subject: xm radio app
>
>
>> .
>>
>> Is there a more user friendly app I can use to access xm radio content? If 
>> so, what is the name of this app.
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>> Hi friends,
>>
>> I find the xm radio app on my phone to be nonintuitive
>>
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