AI Prompt Tips and Tricks

Last updated: 2026-07-09

AI capabilities abound and the single press of the AI/Action button on the EchoVision glasses is your gateway to unlock these capabilities. Combine that with the alternative way of getting into this Q and A mode through the Wake Phrase adds an extra layer of phone away capabilities. This document explores some useful and interesting AI prompts that might be useful to the target audience of the EchoVision glasses. Many of these were discovered by the community of EVG Pioneers and early users.

Calling Services:

• “Call AIRA”, “Call human interpreter”, or “Call an agent.”
  Try to just pronounce “AIRA” as the name “Ira”. If you struggle with the pronunciation, you might get a “feature coming soon” response indicating it didn’t recognize your pronunciation.
• “Call Be My Eyes” or “Call volunteer”

Asking EchoVision for Help

• “Tell me about the capabilities of these glasses”
• “Tell me about the controls on the glasses”
• “What are your commands?” Gives a brief summary of the most used commands.
• “What are the power or camera button controls?”
• “What are the AI or action button controls>”
• “What are the touchpad controls?”
• “How can I get the status of my glasses?”
• “How can I get transit information using these glasses?”

Slightly agentic stuff

· “Take a picture”. This is only really necessary if your hands are occupied and you are using wht wake phrase for hands free operation, since why press the AI/Action button and then say this, when it would just be easier and quicker to take the picture with a single press of the power/camera button.

· “Take a video”. Again, only really makes sense in the hands free approach using the Wake Phrase. Also, there is no voice command to stop taking the video. You’d have to use your hands to tap the power/camera button to stop the video recording.

· “Start Live AI”. Again, probably most useful when used with the Wake Phrase for a more hands free experience.

· “Start Reading Mode”. Again, probably most useful when used with the Wake Phrase for a more hands free experience.

Transit information

As with most AI interactions, you will likely be most successful if you try to be as specific as possible with your prompts. Tell it precisely your departure location and your destination. Unless you don’t care about timing, you should specify timing constraints like when you want to depart or arrive at your destination. Non-specific prompts can result in some very bizarre results who knows where in the world.

· How do I get from the Pueblo Rawlings Public Library to the Colorado Springs, Colorado airport?

Bar code reader

· “bar code” launches and (experimental) bar code reader