Tell Terry

"Tell Terry" is the first of its kind: an AI-powered journal therapy app. The AI model utilizes journal entries to provide relevant activities for users to improve their mental health.

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Inspiration

We were inspired by two main things. The first was our passion for journaling in our free time. We have firsthand seen the positive impact from it and want to spread this activity. The second was the Apple Journal app. It is a very basic app, and we knew we could improve upon it.

What it does

It takes in journal entries from users to compile a list of activities that help the users' mental health. It utilizes AI to generate the activities and pictures that show each one. On top of that, the prompts are generated based on what we know about the users' past entries. This keeps the app exciting and relevant to each user.

How we built it

We built it on Xcode using Swift and implemented the OpenAI API.

Challenges we ran into

Generating the image through DALL-E was a massive challenge. Because of the asynchronous nature of generating images, they would be produced after our UI was loaded. This resulted in an absence of AI-generated images. We worked long and hard to debug the code by creating various timers so the images were shown efficiently.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of our ability to implement AI well in our first ever attempt at our first ever hackathon. On top of that, we are truly proud of the positive impact society could see with this app. It is not just an ordinary app but a way of life.

What we learned

We learned various ways to improve AI output. However, most importantly, we learned how to stay resilient. With the challenges of implementing OpenAI, DALL-E, and getting the views to transition correctly, we stayed focused. Generating the images took a lot more time than anticipated, yet we never gave up.

What's next for Tell Terry

We look to launch Tell Terry on the App Store publicly and make major updates to it. We want to make it a social platform. People can do their recommended activities and post them to a feed, if they choose. This will create constant user retention. On top of that, it will introduce journaling to those who did not previously.

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