AI Comes to Open Source eBook Reader Calibre (news.itsfoss.com)

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[-] stray@pawb.social 6 points 4 months ago

Users can highlight any text and ask AI models questions about it, receiving explanations, context, or summaries on the spot.

I can see this being particularly useful for autistic people who don't understand a very poetic section, or for people reading a text which is not their first language.

[-] Maiq@piefed.social 1 points 4 months ago

Fair use of tech i don't have a use for, i didn't think of.

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