Overview

AI Assist is a smart feature that helps users compose, edit, and respond to messages more efficiently. It leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to:

1. Keep messages short and concise 
   
2. Autocorrect text 
   
3. Suggest tone adjustments and improvements 
   
4. Summarize key points of a conversation 

How it Works

When composing a message, users can select the desired AI Assist function—such as Shorten, Autocorrect, or Refine. Based on the selected option, AI Assist will generate a revised version of the text. Users can then:

1. Accept the AI-generated suggestion 
2. Request another alternative 
3. Reject the suggestion and continue editing their original text 

Data Privacy and Protection

This section explains how your data is processed and protected when using AI Assist. 

When you use YakChat’s AI Assist, your written text is securely sent to the Azure OpenAI Service for processing. This service is hosted by Microsoft within the Azure environment. It does not interact with OpenAI-operated services such as ChatGPT or the OpenAI public API. 

In addition to the YakChat Privacy Policy, the following data protection assurances apply: 

Important

Your prompts (inputs) and completions (outputs), your embeddings, and your training data:

1. Are NOT shared with other customers.
2. Are NOT accessible to OpenAI.
3. Are NOT used to train or improve OpenAI models.
4. Are NOT used to train, retrain, or improve Azure OpenAI Service foundation models.
5. Are NOT used to enhance Microsoft or 3rd party products or services without your explicit permission.
   
6. Any fine-tuned models are for your exclusively use.
   

For more details, see: Data, Privacy, and Security for Azure OpenAI Service.

Access and Availability

1. AI Assist is available only on the Professional Plan.
   
2. An Administrator must enable the feature in the plan settings before users can access it. 
   

Important
AI-generated content may contain inaccuracies or errors. Results are not deterministic and may vary across uses.

Shorten Text

The Shorten text function helps make your message as brief as possible, usually to fit it into a single SMS segment (160 characters), while still keeping the main idea.

✂️ What it does:

• Cuts out extra or repeated words
  → "I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be late" → "I’ll be late"

• Replaces long phrases with shorter ones
  → "at this point in time" → "now"

• Keeps the core message, even if some detail is removed
  

It’s great when you need to save cost, or just be quick and to the point in your text messages. 

Please note:

1. It may not be possible to fit some long messages within a single SMS segment (160 characters) without loosing their original meaning. 

2. Using emojis and special characters further reduces this limit to about 70 characters per segment.

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Autocorrect Text

The Autocorrect text function checks your writing for spelling mistakes, grammar errors, and typos, then fixes them automatically.

🛠️ What it does:

• Fixes words that are spelled wrong
  → "definately" → "definitely"

• Adds missing punctuation
  → "wheres my book" → "Where's my book?"

• Capitalizes letters when needed
  → "i am ready" → "I am ready"

It helps make your text easier to read and more correct, but it doesn’t change your tone or style. It still sounds like you, just with the mistakes fixed.

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Refine Text

The Refine text feature helps you keep messages concise and cost-effective by attempting to fit your message within a single SMS segment (160 characters), while retaining the core message.

The Refine text  function improves your writing to make it clearer, smoother, and more polished, without completely changing your tone.

✨ What it does:

• Fixes small grammar or word choice issues
  → "She did good on the test." → "She did well on the test."

• Improves sentence flow
  → "This is the thing I was talking about earlier." → "This is what I mentioned earlier."

• Makes the message easier to understand or more natural

It helps you sound more fluent and professional, while still keeping your personal style.