Category: Google

Google Bard

Google Bard is Google’s answer to ChatGPT and is available at https://bard.google.com/  Just go to this website and ask anything you want. The difference between Bard and ChatGPT is that Bard has current access to the internet unlike ChatGPT which is relatively dated. So, if you ask Bard which is the best Hybrid Car in India today – you will get the current information, whereas ChatGPT will be dated, upto September 2021 in most cases.

Besides, if you ask Bard to recommend the best Chinese restaurants nearby, Google Bard will excel with relevant and current recommendations.

Also, most of the text editing and transformation features are all available at Google Bard for free.

Try it out and enjoy the benefits of AI for free!

https://bard.google.com/

Arcwise.ai

This simple Google Chrome extension is your co-pilot for Google Sheets. You can instantly understand, clean and ingest data in Google Sheets with the AI behind ChatGPT.

You can use Arcwise.ai to clean your data from a dirty original database at the click of a button. If you have received a financial model and have no idea what it does, you can infer formulas yourself from a complex Worksheet. You can even ask a question in simple English – “What does column C do?” and the answer will be served instantly in plain language. If you have the concept of the formula but you don’t know how to write it, Arcwise.ai writes the formula for you! If you see data on a website and wish to import it into your sheet – well, Arcwise can do it for you.

Arcwise.ai is free for you to use – just add the Chrome extension to your browser and get instant, intelligent assistance!

https://arcwise.ai/

Grain.com

Grain is an AI-powered meeting recording for all teams. It automates note-taking, record-keeping, and insight capture from every conversation online. It can connect to Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and virtually any other online platform.

Grain allows you to focus on the conversation and let Grain AI capture, analyze and synthesize your meetings. You will get an accurate summary that allows you to easily recall, clip and share key moments.

Just allow Grain to join your meeting as a participant. (For transparency, it is notified to all collaborators that Grain is recording the meeting.) Once in, Grain will record and transcribe minute by minute, who said what and make it available to you in text format. Hence your entire meeting will be transcribed in text format and you could quickly search through the text to figure out who said what, when! Besides, it will summarize the key statements made in the meeting in a couple of neat paras, which will in turn point to the actual timeline of the recording.

Extremely useful if you have missed part of the meeting, joined a meeting late and even for creating minutes of the meeting later on. Or, you could just save the text as is, as a record of the meeting.

You can start with 50 meetings free, and once you are addicted and discover the power of the system, you will happily pay a small price for the same, to get the full benefits!

www.grain.com

Checker Plus for Google Calendar

If you use Gmail and Google Calendar, you would be doing a lot of tab-jumping from Gmail to Google Calendar, especially when you are responding to emails. Even otherwise, when you are online and doing some intensive work, jumping to your calendar from time to time can be quite a chore.

The Chrome extension – Checker Plus for Google Calendar is a great tool to have the calendar at your fingertips. The extension sits neatly on your Chrome Extension panel and you can pop it up any time to get a quick view of your Calendar. It also lets you view upcoming events, get meeting notifications and reminders, and snooze events – all without opening the Google Calendar page. Convenience at the  click of a button!

A very nifty tool to avoid multiple clicks on the Calendar Tab daily.

Saymine.com

Many sites capture our email id and other data for various reasons, some legitimately and some others, illegitimately. Saymine.com helps you take ownership of your personal data. You can use Mine’s smart data assistant to discover and manage your digital footprint. Use it frequently to delete your data from services you no longer use that put you to risk.

With Mine, you can find out which companies are holding your data and what types of data they potentially hold. You can get smart insights and recommendations according to your online behaviour and exposure levels to help you take informed decisions about your data. You can then communicate with all the different companies that hold your personal data from one place, and even request them for deletion of your data, if you so desire!

Just go to Saymine.com and sign in with your Google, Microsoft or Yahoo email account. Run a quick check to discover how many companies hold your data – you will be surprised at the results – you have been warned! Next, you can get more information about each company to help you decide whether you use their services any more or not. You can then decide whether to reclaim your data or not – if you decide to reclaim, Mine does it all for you automatically. Most companies do this within 48 hours, some other companies take a bit more time. It is that easy!

Reclaim your digital footprint today and stay safe always!

https://www.saymine.com/

Project Activate by Google

projectThis is an interesting app initiated by the Research Project of Google which can be  used by people who are unable to speak or use technology with their hands including those who have cerebral palsy. This app enables you to activate customized preset communications by making facial gestures, such as smiling or looking up.

With your face, you can

  • Play a text-to-speech phrase
  • Play audio to express yourself or control a smart speakerSend a text message
  • Make a phone call

    With direct access, a loved one or caretaker can

  • Customize communications
  • Adjust the face gesture sensitivity

This has to be done one-time by the caregiver, after which the challenged user can use the phone on his / her own.

Of course, this is for general communication only and not meant for emergencies. Also, since it is in development stage, the accuracy cannot be always guaranteed.

Android : https://bit.ly/3BKUxTz

Checker Plus for GMail

plus-gmailThis is an interesting extension in Chrome, which allows us to check our Gmail account without even launching Gmail! Once it is installed in Chrome, you can get notifications, read, listen to or even delete mails without opening Gmail. You can even handle multiple Gmail accounts. If you get an email while you’re busy watching a movie or cooking dinner this extension can optionally read it out loud ie. “Amar says, dinner at my place”

There is even an option to have a Popup mail preview window to read, archive, mark as read or delete emails without leaving the current tab (or option to go directly to your Gmail tab)

Customisations include the ability to configure which inbox labels get shown, set up a Do Not Disturb window, alter the look and appearance of the add-on window, and more.

A very useful extension for Gmail, especially if you use multiple accounts!

Interpreter for Google Home

If you have a Google Home device or if you fire Google Home on your mobile phone, you can ask Google Assistant to translate your conversation with someone who does not speak your language. The languages you can use to start interpreter mode, depend on your device. Once you have started interpreter mode, you can ask Google Assistant to translate between more languages.

You can start the interpreter mode by saying “Ok Google, be my Hindi interpreter” or “Ok Google, turn on interpreter mode” and then select a language of your choice. Once you get started, you can speak in any one language and get an audio translation in the other language. So, if you started with English and Hindi, you could speak in any of the two languages and Google will respond in the other language. You can thus have a conversation with a person who cannot understand your language at all, using Google Interpreter as your middleman!

It’s very cool and once you try it out, you will be amazed with the flexibility and ease with which Interpreter works, with few mistakes, if any.

Free Video Email by CloudHQ

Free Video Email by CloudHQ

 This is a unique extension which allows you to record and send videos directly from Gmail. If you want to standout in your emails or you’re just too busy to type an email, you can send a Video Email by using this extension.

Video Email is 100% free, and allows you to record your video, overlay multiple filters on it, and end it directly through Gmail- all with 3 taps: record, upload, and send.

You can also upload your video privately to YouTube, Google Drive, or create video file (which then you can send as an attachment).

This is ideal for salespeople, realtors, lawyers, marketers, and anyone who’s looking to cut through the noise of boring text emails.

Gmail co-pilot by cloudHQ

Gmail

Gmail co-pilot is a Chrome Extension which is a mini-CRM that lets you see a snapshot view of your email contact’s profile information, and any past email conversations you have had with that contact. This helps you to respond intelligently and helps you dramatically cut down your search time when you are looking for past email conversations with your email contact.

With this extension, you can immediately view the profile information of your email contact. You can even make private notes about the contact (follow up notes, support notes, etc.) and also setup reminder alarms for the same. Apart from the conversation history, you can also get a list of all documents and attachments related to that contact.

Install this extension and have a mini-CRM running right from your Gmail account! Extremely simple and powerful.