<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto">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. <div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://apps.apple.com/app/id6476980907"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id6476980907" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#DFDFE1;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#DFDFE1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(223, 223, 225, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:6px -4px 6px 12px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIconItem" width="30"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id6476980907" draggable="false"><img style="pointer-events:none !important;display:inline-block;width:30px;height:30px;" width="30" height="30" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIcon" alt="preview.png" src="cid:7B69AA96-7E73-4B46-A2C6-E29142F925DA"></a></td><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id6476980907" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">ally - accessible ai assistant</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id6476980907" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">the accessible ai assistant</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><div><br></div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>TJ, I wonder if you know anything about this app and can tell us more about it?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">_don<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><strong>DON WINIECKI</strong> <a title="Link to website describing the relevance of personal pronouns" href="https://www.mypronouns.org/" rel="noopener">he, him, his</a><br>Treasurer, National Federation of the Blind of Idaho</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 21pt;">Notary Public, Idaho 20252314</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Visit our <strong><a title="Click here to visit our Facebook page" href="https://facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlindofIdaho/" rel="noopener">Facebook</a><br></strong>Visit our <strong><a title="Visit our WWW Homepage here!" href="https://www.nfbidaho.org/" rel="noopener">Homepage</a><br></strong><strong>Mobile:</strong> <a title="Phone number to call the Treasurer of NFB of Idaho" href="tel:208-571-8096" rel="noopener">208-571-8096</a><br><strong>E-mail:</strong> <a title="Link to E-mail the Treasurer of NFB of Idaho" href="mailto:treasurer@nfbidaho.org" rel="noopener">treasurer@nfbidaho.org</a><br><strong>Donate to NFB-Idaho</strong> by <a title="URL to NFB-Idaho Donation Page" href="https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLF2XEFJ1JPQ6/checkout/BNCPD7FGELALTVXRZRDVM7QJ" rel="noopener">clicking this link</a>!</span></p></div></div></body></html>