Point and say

Point and say is the quickest way to change one thing. Point at a layer, hold ⌥Space, say what you want, and let go. The agent changes that layer in a few seconds, and the coach checks the result.

It works on a computer, in a file you can edit.

Make a change

1. Select a layer, or point at one with nothing selected. A selected layer wins over the one under the pointer.
2. Hold ⌥Space. A ring goes round the layer and a small bar by the pointer shows your words as you say them.
3. Say the change: “make this button stand out”, “darker background”, “add a second button under this one”.
4. Let go. The agent starts at once, and the layer shimmers while it works.

To cancel while holding the keys, press Esc: nothing is sent. To stop a change that has started, press Esc again or Stop on the message at the bottom.

The keys do nothing while you type in a field, so they never get in the way of a space in a text.

The result card

When the change lands, a card above the toolbar says:

• What changed, in one sentence. The whole answer is in the Agent tab.
• What the coach found that is new since you asked. When it is something the agent can fix, Fix it asks for that fix; the card stays and shows the fix being made.
• Undo, which takes back everything this request changed in one step. ⌘Z does the same. Changes other people made meanwhile stay.
• Versions, to see the same request three ways (below).

Pointing at the card rings the layer again. The card stays until you close it, press Esc, or select something else.

Show me three

Ask for versions instead of one change: say “show me three versions of this headline”, “a few options for this card” or “two bolder versions”. You can also press Versions on the result card, or the versions button in the box beside a selection (the sparkle on a selection opens it).

Up to three versions come back as pictures, side by side, each with a take on your request: Direct, Bolder and Quieter. Each tile is marked with what the coach found.

• Point at a tile, press it, or press 1, 2 or 3 to try that version on the page, where it belongs.
• Press 0 to see the original.
• Press ↩ or Keep (it names the version, Keep Direct) to keep the one on the page. The message that confirms it has Undo.
• Press Esc to close them and keep the original.

Nothing changes in your file until you keep a version, and the people working in the file with you never see the ones you try.

Say it on a comment

Comments listen too. Press the microphone in the comment box, or in a reply from your notifications, and speak: your words become the comment.

On a comment about a layer, Fix with AI (the sparkle) makes the change right away, with the same result card, and replies in the thread with what changed, so everyone reading it knows. Undo takes the reply back too. On a phone, Fix with AI asks uxdeck AI to make the change for you.

Turn it on or off

Point and say is on by default. Turn it off in Settings > Voice > Point and say. The language you speak in is I speak, on the same page.

The first time, your browser asks to use the microphone. If you said no, allow it in your browser’s site settings. The microphone is only open while you hold the keys, and the sound is never kept: only your words go to the agent, as if you had typed them.

What it costs

• Speaking counts toward your daily dictation: 5 minutes on Free and an hour on Pro. Past it, type your request in the Agent tab instead.
• Each change uses a few agent credits, and three versions cost about three changes. In the recording above, the green button and the three headlines used 17 credits in all.

Catches

• Point and say changes the layer you point at, and only what is around it when you ask (“add a button under this one”). To draw a whole screen, use the Agent tab.
• It is for a computer with a keyboard. On a phone, speak a comment or describe a screen on Home.
• Nothing selected and nothing under the pointer? A message asks you to point at a layer first.