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This morning I was wondering why more enhanced AI features weren’t included in the Seeing AI app considering that Microsoft owns the Bing chat service and makes it available at no cost. Apparently, as of this past Friday this or at least a variant of it has been added.

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Oct 13, 2023 

Version 5.2

• Rich Image Descriptions: Seeing AI can now provide far more detail in image descriptions. Take a photo on the Scene channel, select an image in Browse Photos, or share a photo from another app - and then tap "More Info".

• Ask Questions About Documents: On the Document channel, after scanning a page, you can now ask Seeing AI questions about its contents. This can be much more efficient than listening to the document from beginning-to-end. For example, you could scan a menu, and ask for just the vegetarian options; scan a receipt, and find out how much a particular item cost; or scan a calendar, and ask when a particular event is.

• Multi-page document scanning: On the Document channel, you can now scan multiple pages into a single document for reading, or sharing.

• For easier access to image descriptions, the Scene channel has been moved to earlier in the channel switcher. You can customize the order of channels in Settings.

• Plus, various bug fixes under the hood.

• Please remember to use your judgement when reading AI generated content. We appreciate your feedback as the technology continues to evolve.

David Goldfield,

Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist

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