You are absolved, my son. 
@Mik_Bennett .Thanks so much for that tip!! The app Caffeine downloaded and working perfectly on my Android phone. I had exactly the same problem as you, when cooking, using screenshots of recipes, having to wake the screen to see the next ingredient with floury buttery hands is not practical! I switch caffeine on with a swipe down, and the screen stays awake for a set number of minutes that I have previously decided. Perfect!!
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I am glad you found it useful Allison. I too use it most to keep screens awake when following a recipe.
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Can I offer an extra tip (if you are not already aware of it), Most recipes I find on the 'net are too verbose and require a lot of scrolling to follow. You can ask Chat GPT to simplify recipes for you so that you can get all you need onto one screen. You need to tell Chat GPT exactly how you want to see the results. (I save a word file to do this). Here is an example off a Chat GPT request
Reformat the recipe in the following URL taking note of the following instructions.
Do not display a list of ingredients
Convert all measurements of weight and volume to grams
Every time an ingredient is mentioned precede its name with its weight in grams
Every time an ingredient is mentioned start a new line,
https://chefsavvy.com/the-best-fried-rice/#recipe
And this is what I got
Prepare the Rice:
Use 600 grams of cold, cooked jasmine rice.
Scramble the Eggs:
Heat 14 grams of unsalted butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
Add 2 large eggs, beaten, and scramble until fully cooked.
Remove the eggs from the skillet and set aside.
Sauté the Vegetables:
In the same skillet, melt another 14 grams of unsalted butter.
Add 65 grams of diced carrots and 80 grams of diced onion.
Cook until tender, about 3-4 minutes.
Stir in 2 cloves of minced garlic and cook for an additional minute.
Add Rice and Peas:
Increase heat to medium-high.
Add the 600 grams of cold, cooked jasmine rice and 70 grams of frozen peas to the skillet.
Sauté for 3-4 minutes, allowing the rice to brown slightly.
Combine and Season:
Return the scrambled eggs to the skillet.
Stir in 30 grams of soy sauce, 15 grams of oyster sauce, and 5 grams of sesame oil.
Mix thoroughly and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes to heat through.
Serve:
Garnish with sliced green onions if desired.
Serve immediately.
It is up to you to define how you want it formatted and some tweaking may need to be made to the final presentation BUT it all conveniently fits on one page on your phone.
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That’s quite cool. Modern recipes are a pain. “Here’s a long resumé of my life before I tell you anything about the food”
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Yes John you dont have to wade through pages of boring rubbish and you don’t have to convert stupid units such as sticks of butter to something sensible.
I also usually add a line asking for carbs/100 grams and cals/100 grams for the recipe.
Finally I save it in a Word file if I want to cook it again
I’m sure you were very considerately précising something like the following:-
‘Here’s a long resumé of my life in some fly-over place that no one’s ever heard of, together with handy links to all of my suppliers and also how delicious you’re going to find this recipe, before I tell you anything about how to prepare the food.’
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Heavens to Betsy Mik, get yourself a partner, although difficult at times granted can be relied upon to keep you on good time.
But… but… but what about those bloody silly ‘cups’ used as a unit and mixed in with ‘furlongs’ elsewhere in the recipe?
Otherwise this is a wonderfull idea… chapeau!
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Oh that’s easy - you just have to remember that there are 28 cups to a saucepan, 8.6 saucepans to a bucket, and 103.9 buckets per furlong, except on a Tuesday.
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you make my point very well Chris. Who cares how many pints in a furlong? So called food experts can freely use any barmy unit they choose. My mate ChatGPT will convert them to my preferred grams at the click of a mouse.
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I tried this, but chat GPT told me it can’t access external urls.
Any tips? I’m using the app on ios.
Also quite easy to go to the url and do a copy and paste into chatgpt’s input box
Ha! You clearly haven’t met my ipad select tool!
I’ve been using it for years on my Macs to make sure they don’t doze off when I’m running something overnight. A very useful little tool. It has a little extension pack as well I think.
As for timers, my daughter taught me to just yell at Alexa 
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What I do is type the instructions into a word document then copy and paste URL. I then select all and copy and paste all to Chat GPT. I find I have to fiddle the instructions to get the exact output that I want.
I think some sites require you to log in, in which case it bars access to ChatGPT. Here you have to copy and paste the whole recipe into ChatGPT rather than just the URL but it still works.
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Yes John, Alexa is good for multiple timers. I have a routine.
Alexa, Time eggs. - - - She responds
Eggs in
Eggs off heat
Toast in
Eggs ready - - - at the appropriate moments.
OK a bit over the top to do a soft boiled egg but a good demo of what is possible.
This routine is often followed by - Alexa, eggs on shopping list.
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Brilliant
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I love playing with tech stuff even though i barely understand it. Being retired, allows plenty of time to experiment.
If you have a good whodunnit to read with lots of complicated plot twists, you can upload it to AI and be told who did it without having to do all that reading to find out. 
On a practical note, I copied an old photo of a recipe (posted by @vero in the “beans thread”) and shared it to ChatGPT asking for simple instructions . Not only did it perform OCR to convert it to text but it also asked me if I wanted it in my usual format (spooky)
Here’s the recipe reformatted into your preferred style:
Boston Baked Beans (3–4 servings)
1. 450 g haricot beans: soak overnight with 5 g bicarbonate of soda in water, then boil in the same water for 5 minutes and rinse in cold water.
2. 225 g salt pork: place at the bottom of a casserole dish with 150 g chopped onion.
3. 450 g cooked beans: pour over the pork and onion.
4. 2.5 g mustard, 60 g black treacle, 30 g tomato purée, 5 g salt, and 950 ml water: mix together and pour over the beans.
5. Bake at a gentle temperature (about 150°C) for 6 hours, adding more water occasionally as needed.
6. Remove the pork, dice, and mix back into the beans. Serve with brown bread and butter.
Let me know if you need adjustments!