[NFB-Idaho] Ally, an accessible A.I. app for your phone

[Kevin Pirnie]

Hi Don,
I used a paid version of an LLM from Anthropic.

Best,
Kevin

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM Donald Winiecki via NFB-Idaho <
nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Jennie! It's always a rush to learn how members of NFB-Idaho are leading
> in the world of accessibility!
>
> I wasn't so much posting about that app for myself as to inform our other
> NFB-Idaho members. If you have advice for us on how to make best use of it,
> I'm sure we will all be very happy to learn from you!
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> DON WINIECKI
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> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM Jennie Facer via NFB-Idaho <
> nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> > Hi Don,
> >
> > I happen to be beta testing this app. What would you like to know? It is
> a
> > pretty cool app!
> >
> > Jenn
> > Jenn
> >
> > TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMEONE YOU ARE THE WORLD!
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> > > On Jun 24, 2025, at 4:30 AM, Treasurer NFB-Idaho via NFB-Idaho <
> > nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Someone in another NFB group I belong to posted the following in our
> > discussion list. This billed as an accessible, voice-first, A.I. app.
> > >
> > > https://apps.apple.com/app/id6476980907
> > >
> > > The info in Apple's store indicates that it can access your contact
> > information when installed. This may be a concern for some, but this is
> > actually lot less invasive than most A.I. tools.
> > >
> > > TJ, I wonder if you know anything about this app and can tell us more
> > about it?
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > _don
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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