Favorite websites for 2023

Pdfescape.com Free PDF Editor & Form Filler

Gethuman.com Fix Your Customer Service Issues Faster

10minutemail.com Free Temporary Email adresses

Temp Mail A generator of temporary email addresses to retrieve mail

Remove.bg Remove backgrounds from images

Color Scheme Generator

Downdetector Checks whether a website is offline to others

SuperCook Create a recipe from what you have on hand

TOS Terms of Service; Didn’t Read. 

Command Line Tools

CloudConvert File Converter for a wide variety of file formats

FlightStats Another flight tracker but shows airport delays over a weather map

Just The Recipe Takes a recipe URL and gives ingredient list and stepwise instructions

MyNoise. For those who need calming background noise

PDF Candy Another site that will help you edit pdf files

PDF Drive  Access to a wide variety of books in pdf format for free

Science.gov A web portal to scientific research sponsored by the US government

Nextdoor.com A social media site for neighbors in your area

List extracted from Article in FastCompany by J. Newman 02/27/23

AI chat and search
		ChatGPT: Conversational AI trained on a large set of text from 2021 and earlier. Free, but costs $20 per month to speed up responses and use during peak demand.
		The new Bing: ChatGPT-based conversations and search results inside Bing. Limited beta requires joining a waitlist.
		Perplexity.ai: Ask questions and follow-ups, get direct responses with citations. Free to use with no limitations.
		YouChat: Ask questions and follow-ups, and engage in ChatGPT-style conversations. Free; sign-in required.
		NeevaAI: Get direct, AI-generated responses with citations, followed by standard search results. Free; sign-in required.
		Poe: Conversational AI from Quora that includes multiple assistants with differing strengths. Free; currently iPhone only.
AI artwork generators
		Stable Diffusion Online: Free Stable Diffusion artwork generator; no login required.
		El Pintador: Free Stable Diffusion artwork generator for iOS with a “Learn” section that provides prompt crafting advice.
		DiffusionBee: Stable Diffusion artwork generator for MacOS, works offline with no usage limits.
		Craiyon: Online artwork generator that uses the Dall-E Mini model. Removing watermarks requires a $5-per-month subscription.
		Dall-E: Create up to 15 free images per month with OpenAI’s image-generation tool.
		Nvidia Canvas: Windows software that turns brushstrokes into artwork. Requires an Nvidia RTX graphics card.
		Playform: Online app that turns sketches into artwork. Free to try, but requires paid credits to download watermark-free images.
AI writing tools
		PicsArt AI Writer: Generate marketing copy, slogans, product descriptions, LinkedIn headlines, Instagram captions, and more. Free.
		NotionAI: Use prompts to create text inside any Notion document, activated by pressing Space on a new line. Free for up to 20 prompts, then $10 per month.
		➼ Chatbot tools like ChatGPT, YouChat, and Poe can be used to generate copy as well.
AI content summarizers
		Eightify: Create text summaries of YouTube videos, with highlights you can click on to jump to the relevant video section. Up to three free summaries per week (on videos less than an hour and with more than 30,000 views), then pay as you go.
		Summarize.tech: Another YouTube summarizer. Less in-depth than Eightify, but with no usage limits.
		Gimme Summary: Chrome extension for summarizing web articles, seemingly works by asking ChatGPT to condense the article content. Free to use, but slow.
		SkimIt.ai: Email an article link to go@skimit.ai, get a summary in 10 minutes.
		WordTune Read: View article and PDF summaries next to the full text, with excerpts highlighted. Three free summaries per month, then $120 per year.
		OtterPilot: Feature of the Otter meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes video calls. Free for up to 30 minutes per call and 300 transcription minutes per month, then $17 per month.
AI speech-to-text transcriptions
		Whisper: Online transcription of audio files using language models from OpenAI. Free.
		Buzz: Offline version of Whisper for Windows, free unlimited use.
		MacWhisper: Offline version of Whisper for Mac. Pay what you want, or $14 for larger language models and translation.
AI visual editors
		Runway: Photo and video editor with an array of AI tools, including green screen, image expansion, and 3D texture creation. Free with limitations on export resolution and AI tool use, then $15 per month.
		Genmo: Turn still images into animations using text prompts. Free with usage limits.
AI audio tools
		Eleven Labs: Generate speech from text, free for up to 10,000 characters of text per month. A $5-per-month subscription lets users clone an existing voice.
		Riffusion: Generate music from text descriptions using Stable Diffusion. Free.
		Boomy: Generate music tracks by specifying the genre, instruments, and production values. Free.
		Beatoven: Create music by specifying the genre and mood. Free to use with up to 15 minutes of monthly downloads, then $20 per month.