Hands-Free Cooking Mode

Cooking Mode is a specialized interface designed for the chaotic, messy environment of a real kitchen. It keeps your screen awake, listens for commands, and helps you time your steps perfectly.

Activating Cooking Mode

1. Open any recipe in your Library.
2. Tap the floating Start Cooking button (looks like a play icon or chef hat).
3. The interface transforms into large, high-contrast cards for easy reading from a distance.

Voice Control

Bytful uses on-device speech recognition to navigate steps. You do not need say a wake word like “Hey Siri”. Just speak the command.

1. Tap the Voice Activation button (Flame icon) to start listening. The ring will pulse.
2. Speak one of the following commands:

Navigation Commands

• “Next Step” / “Next”: slide to the next instruction.
• “Previous” / “Go Back”: slide back to the previous instruction.
• “Repeat”: reads the current instruction aloud again (using Text-to-Speech).

Helper Commands

• “Read Ingredients”: reads the specific ingredients needed for the current step. If none are linked, it reads the full list.
• “Start Timer”: starts any timer detected in the current step (e.g., “Boil for 10 mins”).
• “Stop Timer”: stops the currently ringing timer.

Note: Voice control listens continuously when active. Toggle it off if you are having a loud conversation to save battery.

Smart Timers

Bytful intelligently scans every instruction for time durations.

• If a step says “Bake for 20 minutes”, you will see a Start Timer button automatically appear.
• You can have multiple timers running at once.

Ask the Chef

Stuck on a technique? Missing an ingredient?

1. Tap the Ask Chef button (Message icon).
2. Ask questions like:
   • “What can I substitute for buttermilk?”
   • “How do I know when the chicken is done?”
   • “Convert 200C to Fahrenheit”
3. The AI Chef answers immediately without you leaving the cooking screen.

Landscape Mode

Rotate your phone to Landscape orientation for a dashboard view.

• Left: Ingredients list (always visible).
• Right: Current step instructions. This is perfect for iPad users or propping your phone up on a counter.