Use cases for the [[Rabbit r1]], many gathered from announcements or posts in the [r1 Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/rabbitinc).
Full [manual](https://www.rabbit.tech/manual) here.
Note that all outputs are displayed on the r1 screen, spoken aloud, and saved to the [rabbithole](https://hole.rabbit.tech/), an online repository.
Also see the [r1 Prompt Book](https://www.rabbit.tech/promptbook.pdf) and [this r1 support page](https://www.rabbit.tech/support/article/rabbit-r1-voice-prompts).
## Basic interactions
- Hold the button to talk to the r1
- Double-click the button to turn the camera on and off.
- Use the scroll wheel to flip the camera between the front and back.
- Press and quickly release the button to take a photo. This will be saved to the rabbithole.
- Volume: at home screen or when a song is playing, hold ptt button and scroll to change volume
- Settings: Shake the device to access settings, and to return home from settings screen; or
- press and talk to control settings
- *“change the time zone to Central Time” *
- *“open settings” *or *“open wifi settings”*
- *“turn terminal mode on”*
- *“turn the volume to 50%” *or *“decrease the volume a bit”*
- *“shut down the device”* to open the power menu
- tell r1 _“my name is John”_ and it will call you by your name
- say _“today is my birthday”_ and r1 will reply with _“Happy birthday, John!”_
- Terminal mode (accessible from the settings or from voice command) allows you to type queries and commands to r1
## Search / information
- Identify things in the world (using the camera)
- “What kind of flower is this?”
- Describe things in the world (using the camera)
- “Can you tell me what upgrades were done on this car?”
- ”What type of adapter is this and what is it used for?”
- Search with image and text
- *“who is taylor swift?”*
- *“what is the summer solstice?”*
- *“search for examples of impressionism”*
- Weather info: “What's the weather like?” or “How’s the weather in London?”
- ”What was the score of the game last night?”
- ”How is the S&P 500?”
- “What’s the price for a Tesla model Y base model?
- Image search
- *“get me images of monarch butterflies”*
- Yelp
- ask r1 to _“Search Yelp for…”_ and the rabbit saves search results to rabbithole
- click _“search again on Yelp”_ in rabbithole for more information on Yelp
- Wolfram Alpha
- “ask Wolfram Alpha how many calories are in a pint of orange juice?”
- "Can you compare basic information for Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and John Williams"
- “For a mortgage of $150,000 with APR of 6.5% and 30 year term, do the calculation”
- “I have a car tire No. XXXXXXXXX; what’s the rim size for this tire?”
- Perplexity
- “check Perplexity for the latest Major League Baseball standings”
- “ask Perplexity, what’s the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100?”
- Search the rabbithole for notes
“search my journal for the last restaurant I asked about on Yelp”
"recall from my journal what was on my grocery list last week"
“remind me what we discussed in our meeting on Monday”
“search my recordings from last week for…”
- Search YouTube
- Search Amazon
## Note-taking
- Record a meeting and provide a summary.
- Say: "Start a recording session"
- Say "Start the meeting assistant"
- Click once to stop
- [Demo of this feature by Jessie Lyu](https://twitter.com/jessechenglyu/status/1767275886288765349)
- Save notes (in the rabbithole) by saying “take a note”
- trigger memory recall with follow-up prompts
“what’s my current location?” > “save that location as my most recent parking spot” > “search my journal for my most recent parking spot”
“save a note that my shopping list is eggs, milk and bread” > “what was on my most recent shopping list aside from eggs?”
## Generate / summarize / describe content
Summarization use cases require pointing the camera at the object you’re interested in.
- Create an image (requires a [[Midjourney]] paid subscription)
- “Generate an image of a cat sleeping in a window”
- “Magic camera” lets you quickly create pixelated / retro style AI images in rabbithole
- Get a summary/analysis of a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet can be computer-generated or hand written on paper.
- Read a receipt and create a spreadsheet with the information ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kq7Lfzyjxk))
- Transcribe my handwritten notes
- Summarize a web page
- Create a table with a list of words, and enter the pronunciation of each word ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqDMMQmVmS0)); then, read the words.
- edit documents: “add a summary to this document.”
- transcribe text: “take a look at this and transcribe it for me.”
- *“give me a low-carb recipe for banana pancakes”*
- *“can you make me a 3-day upper-body workout plan”*
## Music
- Play music through [[Apple Music]] or Spotify
- “Play Piano Man by Billy Joel”
- press to talk to control music experience
- _“stop the music”_
- _“restart/resume the music”_
- _“skip this song”_
- _“go to the next song”_
- scroll up to see the full tracklist for the playlist/album; scroll down to skip to the next song (you know the trick)
- long press and hold the ptt button to return to the main screen
- while in the main screen, scroll the wheel and press the button to enter the music player again to pause or change songs
- push the ptt button 5 times to close the music player
## Rideshare
- Order an Uber
## Food
- Order from DoorDash
- Suggest recipes based on ingredients: Use the camera to view the ingredients and ask for a recipe suggestion. “What can I cook with these ingredients?”
## Play a game
- Say: "Let's play a game"
- 20 questions, word association, trivia
## Translation
- Translate between languages
- Ask the r1 to “translate from English to Spanish”
- Press and hold the side button whenever someone starts speaking
- Spanish <> English
- French <> English
- Quite a few more
- vision translate: “what does this sign say?”
## Timers
*“set a timer for baking chocolate chip cookies”*
*“set a timer for a power nap”*
*“how much time is left on my timer?”*
*“set an alarm for 8 am every tuesday and thursday”*
*“show me all my alarms”*Timers
*“set a timer for baking chocolate chip cookies”*
*“set a timer for a power nap”*
*“how much time is left on my timer?”*
*“set an alarm for 8 am every tuesday and thursday”*
*“show me all my alarms”*
# More
- [7 days with Rabbit R1: 7 things it does terribly — and 7 things it does well | Mashable](https://mashable.com/article/rabbit-r1-7-days-7-things)
hi @everyone! 👋
**here’s the latest software update for r1. this is a cloud-based update, so you’ll automatically benefit from these improvements without needing to update your device. ** <a:listeningrabbit:1186400889276219413>
**what’s new?** <a:musicrabbit:1187116087649783922>
- **beta rabbit enhancements**
- ask beta rabbit to provide images as part of your search results and images will be embedded in the long form response
- ask beta rabbit about calculation and mathematics based questions to get more accurate results utilizing Wolfram
- since beta rabbit now gives you more comprehensive answers, try saving specific details from those conversations in rabbithole as notes (ask for book recommendations > save one of them as a note)
- you can now ask beta rabbit to include related URLs on rabbithole
- **magic camera now has a cousin - magic camera freestyle ** 🪄
- get stylized interpretations of your pictures in rabbithole with your own style prompts
- to make sure magic camera freestyle captures your full prompt, 1) press the ptt button and speak into the microphone at the top of the device, 2) keep holding the ptt button and set up your shot, 3) let go of the ptt button to take the photo
**try these:**
- **for beta rabbit**
- *"beta rabbit, can you suggest three books similar to ‘the power of now’, include page length, year of release, and ratings, and save that as a note titled ‘reading list’. also include pictures of the authors” > “beta rabbit, can you also get me summaries for those three books?” *
- *“beta rabbit, if an apartment costs $4,000 per month to rent and is 1,800 square feet, what is the cost per square foot, and how does that compare to the average cost per square foot for renters in California and Los Angeles?”*
- *“beta rabbit, who are the band members of the band ‘The 1975’ and can you show me images of each member?” *
- *“beta rabbit, can you give me a two-day itinerary for San Francisco? I want to go to one historical site, a museum, eat Japanese food and try a cocktail bar. Can you also give me photos of each location?” *
- *“beta rabbit, can you find me the best deals for the Dyson V8 vacuum? I want to get the cheapest price and the purchase links.”*
**- for magic camera freestyle**
- *“take a picture and dress us like we’re in the TV show ‘house of the dragon’.”*
- *“take a picture of this, but make it super neon and cyberpunk.” *
- *“take a picture of this and turn it into a pencil sketch.” *
- *“take a photo of this and make it 3D geometric shape art.” *
- *“take a selfie and make me into a superhero.” *
- *“take a picture and turn us into anime characters.”*
hi @everyone 👋
**here’s the latest software update for r1, which is cloud-based, so there’s no need to update your device.** <a:listeningrabbit:1186400889276219413>
**what’s new?** <a:musicrabbit:1187116087649783922>
- beta rabbit now supports vision!
- double tap the PTT button to enter vision mode
- while holding down PTT, ask beta rabbit questions about what it's looking at
- when you're finished with your question, let go of PTT to snap the photo
- if beta rabbit asks a clarification question, press PTT to answer, and get ready to take another photo when you release PTT to continue the conversation
- follow-up questions from beta rabbit are now together in a single journal entry in rabbithole
- if beta rabbit takes a while to answer complex questions like image searches or calculations, r1 will keep you updated to let you know that it’s still thinking
**beta rabbit is still a beta feature so it might not work perfectly every time, but give some of these a try: <a:weatherrabbit:1186400902169509908>
**
- point at a painting or the picture of a painting and ask, *“beta rabbit, what style is this painting? can you show me some more artwork in this genre? where can I find them in museums close to me?"*
- point at the cool phone case your friend has and ask, *“where can I get this type of phone case?”*
- go to rabbithole and check out the links to recommended online stores
- point at the nutrition chart of a Japanese snack or any snack in a foreign language and ask, *“beta rabbit, what are the nutritional facts for this snack? is it healthy?”*
- point at a toy and ask, *“beta rabbit, this is one of my nephew’s favorite toys. can you recommend some similar gift options that you think he would probably also like for less than $20?”*
- point at a movie poster and ask, *“beta rabbit, what is this movie about? is it good? where can I watch it?”*
- point at a dish you are not familiar with and ask, *“beta rabbit, how do you make something like this?”*
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**Relates to**: [[Rabbit r1]]