Microsoft's Cross-platform Tools Aim For Mac

The PowerShell team made a few today: it’s going open-source, and it’s now available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. This is excellent news in itself, but the.NET team wanted to take the time to analyze what this means for.NET developers. First, the availability of PowerShell on Linux and macOS, while it doesn’t aim at replacing the native shell experiences of those operating systems, will make collaboration easier in teams with mixed environments. Being able to run the same scripts on each OS without having to spin up virtual machines will facilitate development and reduce friction across developers who have made different choices of environment. When deploying applications into production, being able to run PowerShell scripts on Linux means more flexibility in the choice of target environments, and easier migrations to and from Linux and Windows servers.

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Of course, the transition to an open-source model means not only community contributions, but also more transparent design processes and bug tracking. Implementing PowerShell on new platforms and environments now becomes possible for anyone who needs it.

Finally, it’s worth pointing out that PowerShell and PowerShell scripts can now run on.NET Core. Check it out!

Microsoft Azure Stack is an extension of Azure—bringing the agility and innovation of cloud computing to your on-premises environment and enabling the only hybrid cloud that allows you to build and deploy hybrid applications anywhere. We bring together the best of the edge and cloud to deliver Azure services anywhere in your environment. Devices and technologies are moving forward at a rapid pace, though the everyday tools we use remain relatively unchanged. What if we could infuse AI into everyday tools to delight and inspire developers to do more using Microsoft AI platform?

With just a little bit of creativity and using Microsoft's current AI offerings, we can bring AI capabilities closer to customers and create applications that will inspire every organization, every developer, and every person on this planet. Introducing Snip Insights An open source cross-platform AI tool for intelligent screen capture. Snip Insights revolutionizes the way users can generate insights from screen captures. The initial prototype of Snip Insights, built for Windows OS and released at Microsoft Build 2018 in May, was created by based out of Vancouver, BC. Our team at Microsoft in collaboration with the Microsoft AI CTO team took Snip Insights to the next level by giving the tool a new intuitive UX, cross-platform availability (MacOS, Linux, and Windows), and free download and usage under MSA license.

Snip Insights leverages Microsoft Azure's Cognitive Services APIs to increase users' productivity by reducing the number of steps needed to gain intelligent insights. The Solution Snip Insights is an open source desktop utility that enables cross-platform users to retrieve intelligent insights over a snip or screenshot.

Screenshots are essentially snapshots of moments. Snip Insights leverages cloud AI services to convert images to translated text, automatically detect and tag image content, along with many smart image suggestions that improve workflows while showcasing Azure Cognitive Services’ potential. By combining a familiar tool with Cognitive Services, we have created a one-stop shop for all your image insights. Imagine that you have a scan of a textbook or work report. Rather than having to manually type out the information, snipping it will return editable text in just one click using OCR.

Or maybe you’re scrolling through your social media feed and come across someone wearing a cool pair of shoes, you can simply snip to find out where to purchase them. Snip Insights can show you relevant information based on what you’ve just snipped, including identifying famous people and landmarks. It streamlines the process of screenshotting, saving the picture, uploading it to reverse image search engines, and then drawing results from there. Snip Insights highlights Celebrity Search – Snip an image of a celebrity and the tool will provide you with all the news and information about the celebrity. Object Detection and Bing Visual Search – You like a t-shirt or pair of shoes your friend is wearing in a pic, and want to know where to buy it from. Just use snip insights and it will give you recommendations, similar product images and where to buy from in a matter of a second.

OCR, Language Translation and cross-platform compatibility – You like a phrase in a specific language, let’s say English, and wish to convert that to French or another language to personalize it and vice versa. Just use Snip Insights to get those insights. The tool is free and works on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Supported Platforms: Windows, Mac OS, and Linux The Snip Insights app is available for three platforms:. Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Mac OS. Linux Xamarin.Forms GTK# App Mac OS and Linux for Snip Insights Xamarin.Forms enables you to build native UIs for iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and Windows from a single shared codebase.

You can dive into app development with Xamarin.Forms by following our. Xamarin.Forms has preview support for GTK# apps.

GTK# is a graphical user interface toolkit that links the GTK+ toolkit and a variety of GNOME libraries, allowing the development of fully native GNONE graphics apps using Mono and.NET. Installation Windows. Install the certificate ('.cer' file) according to the instructions detailed on the section. Install Snip Insights by double click over the.appx package file. Linux. Install Mono by following the. Launch the app from the applications section.

Mac OS. (Stable channel). Such includes GTK#, the UI toolkit on which Xamarin.Forms relies on this project. as a normal macOS application.

Snip Insights app is available on the Applications section on macOS. Requirements Using your own subscription To add the keys to Snip Insights, a Microsoft Garage Project, start the application. Once running, click/tap the settings icon in the toolbar. Scroll down until you find the Cognitive Services, enable AI assistance toggle, and toggle it to the on position.

You should now see the Insight Service Keys section. Entity Search - Create new Entity Search Cognitive Service. Once created, you can display the keys.

Select one and paste into Settings. Image Analysis - In Azure, create a Computer Vision API Cognitive Service and use its key. Image Search - In Azure, create a Bing Search v7 API Cognitive Service and use its key. Text Recognition - You can use the same key as used in Image Analysis. Both Image Analysis and Text Recognition use Computer Vision API. Translator - Use the Translator Text API Cognitive Service. Content Moderator - Use the Content Moderator API Cognitive Service.

For the LUIS App ID and Key, you will need to. Use the following steps to create your LUIS App and retrieve an App ID. Click on create new app button. Provide an app name. Leave culture (English) and description as defaults. Click done. In the left navigation pane, click entities.

Click manage prebuild entities. Select datetimeV2 and email. Click done. Click the train button at the top of the page. Click the publish tab. Click the publish to production slot button. At the bottom of the screen, you will see a list with a Key String field.

Click the copy button and paste that key value into the LUIS Key field in settings for Snip Insights. Click the settings tab at the top. Copy the application ID shown and paste into the LUIS App Id field in Settings for Snip Insights.

You can now paste each key in the settings panel of the application. Remember to click the save button after entering all the keys. For each key entered there is a corresponding service endpoint. There are some default endpoints included you can use as an example, but when you copy each key also check and replace the service endpoint for each service you are using.

You will find the service endpoint for each Cognitive Service on the overview page. Remember to click the save button after updating all the service endpoints. You should now have a fully working application to get started. Have fun testing the project and thank you for your contribution!

You can find the code, solution development process, and all other details on.