LiterAI

Inspiration

We came across this issue of education disparity in literacy through real-life individuals that we know who have trouble with improving their literacy and fluency in English despite their efforts to learn the language. In hopes of facilitating the process of improving literacy, we created this AI-powered tool which personalized user experiences and learning according to their lexile, goals (eg. professional/conversational), and learning style.

What it does

This AI-powered tool allows individuals to practice and learn phonics, pronunciation, and language fluency: skills that will allow them to thrive in daily life from professional environments to casual conversations. This site includes an oral/diction practice, an image-to-word matching game, reading comprehension assessments, and a chatbot to practice daily conversation.

How we built it

For the frontend we used React as our main UI framework and Vite for our build/development server. For backend we used Node.js, Express.js, and AI APIs. We used Cursor for code generation and ChatGPT for debugging and brainstorming.

Challenges we ran into

1) API Key 2) Version control - merging conflicts and pushing/pulling 3) Publishing the website (which did not work)

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We successfully incorporated OpenAI API into two components of our website: the chatbot and the reading comprehension quizzing.

What we learned

We learned how to implement AI APIs, how to navigate cursor, version control, and how to manage web design with dynamic websites.

What's next for LiterAI

Further incorporation of AI, adding database/SQL for tracking user progress allowing them to log in, publishing the website, and integrating this into a software. We are also hoping to test this tool with real customers who struggle with literacy, so that we may implement their feedback and experiences into LiterAI.