[Sugar-devel] Proposal for “Refactor the chatbot in the Speak Activity to use gen-AI” – PDF Attached for Review

[Devin Ulibarri]

Hi Yedian,

I think this is off to a good start.

I added comments to the Google Doc.

Best,

Devin

Yedian Cheng:
>
> Dear Mentors,
>
> I hope you are doing well. My name is *Yedian Cheng*, and I’m 
> submitting a proposal for *Google Summer of Code 2025*, titled:
>
> *“Refactor the chatbot in the Speak Activity to use gen-AI”*
>
> I have already submitted my proposal to the GSoC dashboard, but I’m 
> attaching my proposal in PDF format and also included this Google Docs 
> link 
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RPzGsFc0bhN_xBdZUKVw6lolq73htdPo6XBXdMXrqfw/edit?usp=sharing> 
> for your convenience and would sincerely appreciate any feedback or 
> suggestions.
>
> To prepare, I’ve:
>
>  *
>
>     Set up a complete Sugar development environment (Fedora-based VM)
>
>  *
>
>     Run and modified the Speak Activity locally
>
>  *
>
>     Submitted a pull request (PR #38
>     <https://github.com/sugarlabs/speak/pull/38>) that adds a mock
>     |get_llm_response()| function
>
>  *
>
>     Recorded a short demo video
>     <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mubSEPcv1k> to showcase the mock
>     response integration
>
> This proposal builds on that work and introduces LLM-based chat 
> features, invented spelling correction, and expressive personas to 
> make Speak more interactive and engaging for young learners.
>
> Thank you so much for your time and support — I’m looking forward to 
> your feedback!
>
> Warm regards,
> Yedian Cheng
>
>
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