No dout, Be My Eyes, Be My AI, has changed our lives raticly! The AI descriptions make me feel like I can see, or at least, paint a very accurate picture in my mind. I have shared descriptions with sighted folks, and they have confirmed that descriptions are, in fact, wildly accurate!

With the coming IPHONE 16, and 16 pro, we all are holding our breath, on, what on device AI will do with Voiceover, I believe my biggest question is, can we have Be My AI descriptions, super quick, on device, without sending an image via network to a server, and then, awaiting the response. Can we just, be in photos, and have that description, without thinking? Only time will tell.

Now, I have to, click the image to make it full screen, find share, find Be My AI, and wait. Though the results are incredible, the actions to get to the description, are a bit cumbersome.

I have created an iOS shortcut, while not perfect, saves taps and swipes, and dare I say, may give us a bit more realistate of how we may see. This shortcut below, will take a screenshot, and pop you to the Share sheet. Move Describe With Be My AI to your favorites, and, you must look at the middle of your screen with your finger, and you will land on Be My AI, and have almost instant accesss. The screenshot doesn’t save to your photos, so, you don’t have to delete it. The only issue with it is, the shortcut doesn’t complete, so, on the IPhones with the Island at the top, you must double tap, and swipe left, to cancel the shortcut, after you get the AI response from Be My Eyes. This, is because the Be My Eyes app, doesn’t yet communicate with Shortcuts, that the action has, in fact, completed.

As we are using a screenshot, we can double tap an image to maximise it, and get the description we are used to, we can also take a screenshot of an app, and gane screen placement of items, as well as, how much realistate, is, actually displayed on the screen.

Again, how it works.

Install the shortcut. Go into Voiceover, commands, and set the shortcut to a jesture. Perform the jesture, then find Be My AI on the share sheet. Double Tap, get your description.

Access the shortcut below.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/67b2af9c308a4ec3a39e1d56e9cab7c6