In this episode, Tyler demonstrates the Be My Eyes app for Mac. (Editor's Note: Be My Eyes is the parent company of AppleVis.)
With Be My Eyes for Mac, you can use Be My AI to generate high-quality descriptions of visual content, such as screenshots, images stored on your Mac or its clipboard, and pictures taken using your Mac's camera. Topics covered in this demonstration include:
- Getting started
- App layout
- App keyboard shortcuts
- Describing visual content and chatting with Be My AI
- Chat history
- Enabling and using the Be My Eyes Sharing extension
- App settings
Be My Eyes for Mac is free for personal use and can be downloaded from https://www.bemyeyes.com/be-my-eyes-for-desktop/.
Transcript
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Tyler: Hey AppleVissors, Tyler here, with a demonstration and
walkthrough of BMIEyes4Mac. With BeMyEyes for Mac, you can use BMAI to
receive high-quality descriptions of visual content right on your Mac.
Like other BeMyEyes products, it’s free to the consumer and can be
downloaded from BMIES.com, link in the description. When you open it for
the first time, you’ll be prompted to sign in with your account e,ither
with your email address or an SSO option like Apple, Facebook, or
Google. After which you’ll be asked to grant a few permissions needed
for the app to function, and then you’ll be presented with the
interface, which in my opinion is slick and easy to use. And I’m
demonstrate that now by opening BMIs on my Mac.
VoiceOver: Applications window. BMI’s application. Open. BMII quick
actions selected tab.
Tyler: Okay, so here we are in the Be My Eyes app. It landed on the
Quick Actions tab, which appears to be selected. Five or left to orient
to the window here.
VoiceOver: Be my eyes.
Tyler: Be my eyes and then full
VoiceOver: screen button.. Actions available And full screen,
Tyler: minimize, close for just the windows control window controls and
then just VO right.
VoiceOver: Quick actions, selected tab.
Tyler: Quick actions.
VoiceOver: History tab.
Tyler: History.
VoiceOver: Tip. Get started with the my eyes button.
Tyler: We have a tip and then if I want to dismiss that because I
already know what I’m doing here, I’m gonna be right.
VoiceOver: Dismiss tip button.
Tyler: Dismiss screenshot command option s button. And here I am and a
it has apparently interacted me with the describe with be my AI group.
So if I press VOShift up arrow, VL left, we have the history tab, VO
right, describe with my yacht group. Describe with be my AI.
VoiceOver: Describe with my yacht group.
Tyler: And that’s the only thing in this interface. At least the top
level of it. So I’m going to interact now with the OSH down arrow.
VoiceOver: In described my AI group. Five items described with my AI.
Command option S button.
Tyler: Okay, that’s screenshot, command option S.
VoiceOver: Image. Command option I button.
Tyler: Image, command option…
