StoryBuddy 📚✨

An interactive storytelling app for young children that generates personalized stories and reads them aloud word-by-word, helping kids learn to read while having fun.

Screenshot

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Project Intent

StoryBuddy creates an engaging reading experience for children by:

• Generating age-appropriate stories based on simple prompts
• Reading stories aloud with word-by-word audio highlighting
• Providing visual feedback with emojis and animations
• Making reading practice fun and interactive

Built for a hackathon as a minimum presentable product to demonstrate AI-powered educational tools for early childhood literacy.

Technical Stack

Backend:

• FastAPI (Python)
• WebSocket for real-time audio streaming

Frontend:

• React (vanilla JSX)
• CSS3 for animations and styling

APIs:

• Google Gemini API - Story generation and reading evaluation
• ElevenLabs API - Text-to-speech with word-level audio

Other:

• Audio caching for improved performance
• Word-by-word playback synchronization

Quick Start

1. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Set up environment variables:

• GEMINI_API_KEY - Your Google Gemini API key
• ELEVENLABS_API_KEY - Your ElevenLabs API key

3. Run the server:

python main.py

4. Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser

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Made with ❤️ for young readers