Hi Ben, just as an aside, are you using Jaws? If so and if you use the default sound card for Jaws, the screen refresh command, Jaws Key + Escape, will unmute any accidently muted default soundcard and set volume to something in the middle in case it was just vlolume which got turned way down.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2023 2:33 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, Initial impressions are very bad. I told it I had muted the volume on my computer and that it was running Windows 10, which is something I've used the answer desk to resolve in the past. It gave me a series of keys to press that would supposedly unmute the volume but they were completely incorrect - not even close in fact. It also made some references to what my screen reader should be saying as I pressed them (also totally wrong), seemingly not realising that if my volume was muted I wouldn't be able to hear it talking which is why it's such a tricky issue to resolve in the first place. I then asked it what the hotkeys were to change the speed of Narrator. It got those wrong as well. I'm glad that talking to a human is still possible. As an aside, my experience is that the answer desk are always more than willing to help you navigate the UEFI/BIOS, in fact that's the main thing I use the service before. Just recently they helped me make a change to a RAID array and make a small tweak to some memory timings. It really is an incredible service. Cheers, Ben. On 11/16/23, Robert Doc Wright <yeshua.talmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > <yeshua.talmi...@gmail.com> 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 <viphone@googlegroups.com> on > behalf of > > Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:45:16 PM > To: VIPhone Email List <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 <no-re...@bemyeyes.com> > Date: November 15, 2023 at 10:59:11 AM CST > To: Alan Lemly <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. 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