AI Language Learning Tutor [ScaleAI Hackathon]
This is an application for interactive language learning. It's something I've wanted for a while, especially since my free time to learn languages does not have any time zone overlap with any available instructors in Europe.
The main idea is to be a conversation partner who is able to make corrections and explain things. Here is what it looks like so far (click through for video):
Setup
We rely on 2 external services that require authentication (and likely a modest payment):
- OpenAI's GPT API.
- Google Cloud's text-to-voice synthesis.
Authentication to OpenAI is handled by setting the environment variable OPENAI_API_KEY
to your API key. Expect to incur order of $0.01 in charges per interaction.
Authentication and authorization to Google is covered in the script tts-setup.sh (where
'tts' is short for 'text to speech'.) GCP also requires a Google account of some kind.
Building and Running
Typing make from the project root should download and build everything and start the server.
It will also set up a service account that will be used for GCP text-to-speech. (Or, at
least, any missing pieces -- compilers or cloud accounts etc -- should be explained if any
step fails.)
License: MIT
Screenshot
