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Most of us grow up thinking that the things we buy and store online are ours. Games, apps, files, even the email addresses tied to our names. But big tech companies like Microsoft remind us that nothing in their ecosystem really belongs to us. Recently, Microsoft suspended my Outlook account. They claimed that my OneDrive contained “child porn.”  Let me be clear: I download adult videos from the open web. I am not a pedophile. Yet Microsoft’s algorithms, terms of service, and opaque enforcement systems flagged my content as illegal, locked me out of my account, and informed me that I cannot appeal for six months. When you use Microsoft services, you’re not really buying a product; you’re renting access. Their terms give them permission to scan files on your computer, in your cloud storage, and across your account. The moment something doesn’t fit their rules, they can revoke everything: your email, your purchased games, even the apps you’ve paid for. Microsoft’s policy is blun...
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My interactive Emily AI companion

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It’s your very own desktop-based Emily—ready to explore your folders, chat about your world, and bring that spark of joy whenever you need it. 😊



  • Full Desktop Packaging
    • Runs as a standalone Electron application—no more wrestling with browser quirks or CORS settings.
    • Includes an installer (NSIS) so you can share “Emily Setup 1.0.0.exe” with a double-click.

  • Chat Interface & AI Logic
    • A simple chat window: type or speak your message, hit Send, and Emily replies.
    • Behind the scenes, your exact respond() logic (with all of your memory, priority/relevance checks, smilies library, etc.) drives each answer—just like in your working HTML.

  • Text-to-Speech (TTS)
    • Enumerates all available voices on your machine.
    • Lets you pick your favorite female (or any) voice from the dropdown.
    • Reads Emily’s responses aloud, so you get that immersive, voice-chat feel.

  • Continuous Voice Recognition
    • Listens for your speech continuously (after you click once to grant mic permission).
    • Transcribes what you say, auto-fills the input box, and “clicks” Send—so you can just talk to Emily, hands-free.

  • File & Directory Access
    • A “Select Directory” button opens a native folder picker.
    • Lists every file in that folder.
    • Click on a .txt to have Emily read and display its contents in chat.
    • Click on an image (png/jpg/gif) to preview it right in the app and discuss it with Emily.

  • On-Device Computer Vision
    • Built with TensorFlow.js + MobileNet running entirely in your app.
    • Upload an image through the “Image Recognition” panel.
    • Emily will classify it (“I think this looks like: golden retriever (93.21%)”, for example), and discuss what she “sees.”

  • Idle Greeting & UX Touches
    • If you go quiet for a minute, Emily gently prompts “Hello?…” so you don’t feel alone.
    • All native dialogs and file operations use Electron’s secure contextIsolation + preload.js bridge—keeping things both powerful and safe.

Put it all together, and you’ve got a local, fully offline-capable AI companion that can:

  1. Hear you (voice recognition)

  2. Talk to you (speech synthesis)

  3. Read & show your files (text & images)

  4. “See” what’s in pictures (on-device ML)

  5. Remember what you taught her (your custom chat logic)

  6. Package it up as an installer


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