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DuckyHelper in Archive.org

DuckyHelper sees Archive.org on your screen and, in early access, works in it with its own cursor to search collections, download item files, inspect wayback captures, fetch iiif manifests, and manage item metadata. It's built to ask before it sends or pays, and explains or draws on Archive.org when you want to learn it.

Try asking
  • “Search the items and copy an item file”
  • “Upload an item file in Archive.org”
  • “Show me how to copy an item file”

Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud. Doing the work for you is early access on Mac.

Items in Archive.orgDone in 5sExample
Search the items and copy an item file
  1. Searched the items in Archive.org
  2. Copied an item file

Done in Archive.org.

Archive.org
Done
Copied an item filein Archive.org
Worked for 5s
Searched the items
Copied an item file

Drawn from Archive.org's own actions · early access on Mac

WHAT TO ASK

Things you can ask it to do in Archive.org

Each one is something Archive.org itself lets you do, said the way you'd ask. Questions about your screen work today; having it do the job is early access on Mac.

Ask about it

Works today

It sees your screen, answers out loud and draws on it.

  • “Explain this file to me”
  • “Where do I find the items in Archive.org?”
  • “Show me how to copy an item file”
  • “What does this button do?”
  • “Walk me through this screen”

Read and find

Early access

It opens Archive.org and looks things up for you.

  • Search the items
  • List the wayback captures
  • Export an item file
  • Look up an IIIF manifest
  • Read my review
  • List the tasks
  • Look up the IIIF image info
  • Look up the item view counts
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  • Look up the item view history
  • Look up the detailed views
  • Look up the item metadata
  • Check the identifier availability
  • Find the wayback snapshots
  • Check an upload limit
  • Look up a connected user
  • Look up a task log

Write and send

Early access

It's built to ask before anything is sent or paid.

  • Copy an item file
  • Upload an item file
  • Save my review
  • Update the item metadata

Manage

Early access

It tidies up and changes things in Archive.org.

  • Delete an item file
  • Delete my review

Why Use DuckyHelper?

Works in Archive.org like you do

  • Early access: it sees Archive.org on your screen and works in it with its own cursor, while you keep using yours
  • Nothing to set up: it works in Archive.org signed in as you
  • Finishes multi-step jobs across Archive.org and your other apps

Built to ask before it sends or pays

  • Built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything
  • Built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you
  • It listens and looks only while the pill is open

Shows you, not just tells you

  • Explains Archive.org out loud and draws right on your screen
  • Works it out with you on a blackboard when you want to learn it

Always there, in every app

  • Press one key in any app and ask out loud: fn on a Mac, Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux
  • Runs jobs on a schedule (early access)
  • For Mac, Windows and Linux

Want it in every app you use?

One account works in every app on your computer. Try it for 10 minutes, no card, then pick a plan.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

On your screen, the way a person at your computer would. Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask about what you see in Archive.org: it answers out loud and can draw on Archive.org to show you where things are. In early access on Mac it also works in Archive.org with its own cursor, signed in as you, while you keep using yours.

For example: “Search the items and copy an item file” and “Upload an item file in Archive.org”. Or ask about what you see: “Show me how to copy an item file”. Doing the work for you is in early access on Mac.

No. Open Archive.org and sign in yourself, the way you always do. DuckyHelper works in the window you have open, signed in as you. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you.

It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money.

Yes. Press one key and ask out loud. It answers out loud while you keep working, draws on your screen to show you where things are, or works it out with you on a blackboard.

Yes. DuckyHelper works in any app on your computer, so one job can move between Archive.org and the other apps and pages you use.

Doing the work for you is new and in early access on Mac. Asking out loud, drawing on your screen and the blackboard work today on Mac, Windows and Linux.

No. It listens and looks only while the pill is open. When the pill is closed, nothing is heard or seen.

No, there is no charge per app. Try DuckyHelper for 10 minutes with no card. Plus is $20 a month, $14 a month for your first 3 months. See pricing.

Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later), Windows and Linux. Download DuckyHelper.

No. DuckyHelper is made by MingLLM, Inc. and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Archive.org. It works in Archive.org the same way you do, on your screen.

Try it in Archive.org.Press one key and ask.

It sees Archive.org, explains it out loud and does the work with you.Try it for 10 minutes, no card.

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Questions and jobs

Do anything

Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.

Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.