Get instant answers WITHOUT reading the Axe-Fx manual

[Jason Scott]

New users with questions are sometimes told to "RTFM". While the manual is obviously an excellent resource, it's also fairly large and can be overwhelming for a lot of users with questions. In my opinion, that's where the site askyourpdf.com comes in. It’s a free tool that lets anybody upload a PDF and ask questions about it using natural language. In a nutshell, the site analyzes and extracts the core contents of a PDF and uses a conversational interface, much like ChatGPT, to allow users to ask questions and get answers fast. In fact, it's powered by ChatGPT, so in essence, you can upload a PDF (e.g. the Axe-Fx III manual) and ask for specific information in the manual without having to dig through it. In my opinion, it's ideal when you need a quick answer to a simple and specific question that's covered in the manual. It's basically like being able to question someone who's already read the manual.

I've taken the liberty of uploading the Axe-Fx III manual to their site. Simply click this link to start asking questions.

Are the answers always 100% accurate? No, but in my experience they're often on point, and I can see how this would definitely be useful for new users.

 

[OrganicZed]

In all seriousness though, this is cool.

 

[rsvette12]

Cool thanks much

 

[sprint]

it's also fairly large and can be overwhelming for a lot of users with questions

I found something really really cool! It's called an index! It's like a hi-tech intelligent navigator co-pilot. Lets you go right to the specific subject of interest within a manual.

 

[Greg Ferguson]

It works pretty well. I asked it some normal questions and it quoted the manual, and then asked some obscure questions and it didn't come back with garbage. I think it'd be worthwhile having all the manuals in it, though, because *Edit isn't well documented it won't be able to describe how to do things in Edit's context, which is unfortunate since we use it as the main interface.

 

[Greg Ferguson]

I found something really really cool! It's called an index! It's like a hi-tech intelligent navigator co-pilot. Lets you go right to the specific subject of interest within a manual.

There's also "Search" built into most PDF viewers. But, you know….

 

[Jason Scott]

I found something really really cool! It's called an index! It's like a hi-tech intelligent navigator co-pilot. Lets you go right to the specific subject of interest within a manual.

While you're still thumbing through the index, most people who use this would likely already have the answer...

 

[Jason Scott]

There's also "Search" built into most PDF viewers. But, you know….

Sure, but that's fairly crude compared to this, in my opinion.

 

[Kelleys Heroes]

Seems like a short-cut with the end result of making you less informed. And ~< 100% accurate.

 

[Jason Scott]

Seems like a short-cut with the end result of making you less informed. And ~< 100% accurate.

Less informed, how?

 

[sprint]

Seems like a short-cut with the end result of making you less informed. And ~< 100% accurate.

+1 - sorry AI buffs, it's nice to dream, but there's no shortcuts to true understanding - never will be.

 

[sprint]

Less informed, how?

try it - eventually you'll see

 

[Jason Scott]

+1 - sorry AI buffs, it's nice to dream, but there's no shortcuts to true understanding - never will be.

How does using this impede understanding any more than asking someone directly?

 

[iaresee]

Utterly useless. Teach it to respond "your phase is inverted on one side of your delay block"?

 

[Jason Scott]

try it - eventually you'll see

I obviously have, given I'm the one that posted the link to it. It's why I asked. Again, less informed, how?

 

[iaresee]

But: cool idea. Thank you for doing that!

 

[Jason Scott]

Utterly useless. Teach it to respond "your phase is inverted on side of your delay block"?

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Try asking something simple that would be in the manual but wouldn't necessarily be simple to find via search or thumbing through the index. For instance, "How do I add a block to the grid?"

 

[bleujazz3]

Wow. So, instead of sitting around on my butt all day researching, I can finish my project in less time. Thanks, AI.

 

[iaresee]

Try asking something simple that would be in the manual but wouldn't necessarily be simple to find via search or thumbing through the index. For instance, "How do I add a block to the grid?"

I just want it to answer the common, repeated questions though.

 

[sprint]

less informed, how?

probably by being missinformed and sent down a rabbit hole which could have been avoided by just ... well ... R'ingT#M