Processing choices
Choose an engine mode.
Compare Fast, Auto, and Vision in the same terms used by the desktop Settings view.
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Choose a processing setting in Settings
The Answer Box settings include three engine choices: Fast, Auto, and Vision. The setting controls how LowLighter interprets the screen capture, while the answer mode controls the kind of response it returns.
- Fast
- Uses the text-first path for readable selections.
- Auto
- Chooses between text processing and image understanding based on the captured material.
- Vision
- Prioritizes image understanding for content where visual detail matters.
Access and feature settings can change the active path
Basic and Pro include the paid engine set. Free accounts use the service's free routing and can move to a text-only path after the free Auto allowance is used.
Offline AI uses the Fast engine while it is active. Automatic Screen Capture uses Vision for the saved region. These feature-specific rules take precedence over ordinary engine cycling.
The account view is authoritative. When an engine is unavailable or an allowance has changed, the desktop shows the current state supplied by the service.