| Category | Tool | Purpose Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Interface Prototyping | Magic Patterns | Generate styled UI components from screenshots/designs |
| Interface Prototyping | Visily | Unlock boundless UI possibilities |
| Spreadsheet Automation | Shortcut AI | Build complex Excel‑style models with natural language |
| Spreadsheet Automation | Numerous AI | AI-powered functions for existing spreadsheets |
| LLM Observability | Helicone | Logs and metrics proxy for LLM usage tracking |
| LLM Observability | Langfuse | Deep tracing + analytics for production LLM workflows |
| Presentation & Storytelling | Chronicle | Pixel-perfect interactive deck creation with motion/widgets |
| Presentation & Storytelling | Storydoc | Scrollable AI-enhanced sales/pitch documents & proposals |
| Voice & Transcription | Notta | Fast, accurate multi‑language transcription engine |
| Voice & Transcription | Whisper Flow | Voice-as-interface dictation across apps |
Tag: AI Tools
Unlocking AI’s Free Superpowers / Tools for Creativity and Productivity
What are the best free AI tools?
Here are 19 AI tools you can use for free (most have a free plan or daily credits): Google AI Studio and NotebookLM for text and research, Leonardo AI and Whisk for images, Suno for music, ElevenLabs for voices, Perplexity for search, and Claude Artifacts and WebSim for building little apps. Details on each below.
What AI tools are like WebSim?
WebSim lets you create and explore AI-generated apps and games right in your browser. Similar free tools in this list: Spawn (AI-generated games you can play and remix), Claude Artifacts (build and share small apps inside Claude) and Emergent (an AI coding agent that builds whole apps).
| Brief Explanation | |
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| Google AI Studio | A versatile platform for free AI tasks like code generation (e.g., creating games like Emoji Fusion Master or Alien Dodger), text-to-speech, image generation, music creation, and screen/webcam sharing for interactive AI assistance, such as analyzing YouTube analytics. |
| Notebook LM | A Google tool that processes uploaded documents, URLs, or videos to create mind maps, podcasts, or answer questions about the content, e.g., generating a podcast about the Fujifilm X1006 camera from provided resources. |
| Google V3 | A video generation model producing realistic videos with audio, accessible for free through Perplexity’s Xbot by tagging @askperplexity on X to create videos like a talking cat next to a taco. |
| Cling | An AI video generator with a free tier allowing video creation from text or images (e.g., a woman and cat scene with camera effects), though free generations are slower as priority is given to paid users. |
| Leonardo AI | An image generation platform with a free plan offering daily credits to create images using models like Lucid Realism, with features like prompt improvement and image editing (e.g., adding a baseball cap to a generated image). |
| Things | A collection of AI-generated icons for various objects (e.g., wolves, tacos, drones), where users can request new icons if not already available, though generating custom icons requires credits. |
| Whisk | A Google tool for combining concepts into images by tweaking subject, scene, and style (e.g., creating an anime-style image of a person in space), with free generation but animation features likely requiring a paid plan. |
| Glyph | An AI workflow builder allowing users to create and share workflows (e.g., YouTube thumbnail maker or Spiderverse-style images) using daily free credits, supporting image, video, audio generation, and more. |
| 11 Labs | An audio generation tool offering free text-to-speech with various voices, voice changing, and sound effect generation (e.g., car crashing through glass), with some features limited by credits. |
| Suno | An AI music generator with a free plan using version 3.5 to create songs from text prompts (e.g., a pop punk anthem about subscribing to a YouTube channel), producing multiple song options. |
| Perplexity | A search tool replacing traditional web searches, summarizing results with cited sources (e.g., explaining Texas A&M stands for Agriculture and Mechanical), with a free plan offering robust functionality. |
| Mind Studio | A platform for building visual AI workflows (e.g., product comparison reports) with integrations like YouTube or Google Sheets, plus a Chrome extension for summarizing web content, with some features free. |
| URL to Any | A tool converting URLs into formats like PDF, markdown, HTML, or images, e.g., turning a TechCrunch article into a downloadable PDF, available for free. |
| 11 AI | A personal voice assistant by 11 Labs, free during alpha, integrating with services like Google Calendar to check schedules, with potential for custom integrations via MCP servers. |
| Emergent | An AI coding agent that creates apps (e.g., a Spotify clone) by generating task lists, coding, and self-checking, with a free plan offering limited credits for app development. |
| Claude Artifacts | Anthropic’s feature for coding and sharing apps within Claude (e.g., a habit streak tracker or connect-the-dots game), free to use with a marketplace for user-created apps. |
| Miniaax | An AI agent from Halu AI that creates plans, executes tasks, and self-corrects (e.g., finding F150 Lariat trucks within 600 miles of San Diego), with free credits for tasks. |
| Spawn | A platform for AI-generated games (e.g., Tetris-Snake hybrid), allowing users to create and play games with a StumbleUpon-like interface, free to use for browsing and creation. |
| WebSim | A platform for creating and exploring AI-generated apps and games (e.g., Windows XP simulator with playable Minesweeper), with a YouTube-like interface for discovering random apps, free to use. |
AHK News 2025-02-13 Ways to Learn AutoHotkey from the-Automator
Howdy,
I saw the below comic and realized it can be changed to help reflect various ways the-Automator helps people learn AutoHotkey.
Our AHK Courses are great for people that want to work “on their own”
The AHK Hero program is great when people need a little “personalized help”. Or you might consider a tutoring session.
And of course some people just want the work “done for them”. That’s where our Consultations come in. You can check out our availability here.
Now on with the show…
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Simple Webcam Reminder
Have you ever recorded your screen and then, after the fact failed to take into account your webcam is covering part of the screen❓
If you have then you’ll understand why this tool is a “must have”.
Our tool not only reminds you your webcam is on the screen but it also let’s you display notes to yourself that video viewers cannot see.
You can check it out in this video.
Simple Webcam Reminder for those that Record their Desktop and share a Webcam
Quickly Extract Audio from your Videos
I’m helping a local Mexican restaurant play Mexican music in their parking lot to attract attention.
I wanted to avoid commercials (and be able to insert my own) so I downloaded a bunch of You Tube videos.
Then I used our Crazy fast MP3 Ripper to incredibly quickly convert them to mp3 files.
You can check out this video. Please keep in mind, the download is an executable.
How to quickly Convert Videos to mp3 files in bulk
Creating Fake drives
During a consultation call with a new AHK hero member the client mentioned he’s going to be setting up multiple computers and having to keep the files synced.
He mentioned how painful working with all the different paths were (not to mention trying to keep the files synced).
I mentioned the how we solve this by using a cloud tool (in our case DropBox) to sync all the files and also use our Drive Mapper to create a “fake” drive which means all the paths, across all the computers, will be the same!
You can learn more about this tool /approach in this video.
Creating Fake Drives for easy access & Identical paths across computers
Improving People’s Lives: Story #38
We just launched 2 chatbots for our client’s 2 websites.
Most companies charge (in my opinion) large amounts for Developing, Training/Customizing, and Implementing.
Often they’re charging $500 for a discussion, then thousands to “build” the bot and monthly fees of $50 or more (often much more).
We did everything for around $200. Granted our approach does not include the AI token usage but that will depend on usage (and will probably be under $10 a month).
The best part is the Chatbots will greatly reduce the support calls they are receiving which will allow their employees to work on what matters!
What we’re reading
- Wine vs. Bottles vs. Proton which is better for Windows on Linux❓
- Why you Still Need Excel Skills in Today’s AI world
- Android Permissions Explained: Which ones you shouldn’t ignore
- Why is MIT making robot insects?
AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
- How to Disable or Hide Copilot in several Microsoft Apps
- Google launches AI BOT to call businesses for you about prices
- Adobe’s Chatbot can now decipher contract jargon
- What Is a Copilot+ PC
⚡️Productivity tips:
The “m” key is a toggle to mute your YouTube videos. Vey handy when you need some quick silence!
A spot of Humor
Scot swears in fury at Amazon Echo as Alexa can’t understand his accent. I wonder if AI would have understood him❓
Scots swears in fury at Amazon Echo as Alexa can’t understand his accent
Client’s say…
There’s no way I could have accomplished what we’ve done without your support! — Stephanie Holland
AHK Hero
Consider joining the AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc. Currently we have over 378 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to AHK Hero members❗
You can watch 1 hour a day for a year and not repeat content! That’s a lot of AHK Learning!
During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:
- Help AHK Hero Members with their Questions & Code
- Inexpensively Creating AI Chatbots
- Auto-listing Variables / Words as you type in any editor
- Writing to memory instead of file
- Replacing / changing variable names in editors vs an IDE like VS Code
- Copying specific files from sub-folders
- Demonstrating resource drain during debug mode
They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and a 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)
️ Quotable quotes
- There are many tools out there for systematizing your marketing. There are not very many for systematizing your process — Joe Glines
- Motion beats meditation — Gary Halbert
- Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me — Carol Burnett
- If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow — Ovid
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