<div dir="ltr">Dear Mentors, I hope this message finds you well. I’m Yedian Cheng, an aspiring contributor to Sugar Labs, and I’m excited to share that I’ve submitted my GSoC 2025 proposal titled “Refactor the chatbot in the Speak Activity to use gen-AI”. To prepare for this project, I have set up a full Sugar development environment in a Fedora-based virtual machine and successfully ran and modified the Speak Activity. I also submitted <a rel="noopener" class="gmail-" href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/speak/pull/38">my first pull request</a> to Sugar Labs, which adds a mock <code>get_llm_response()</code> function to simulate LLM-style chatbot replies. This lays the foundation for future integration of large language models and persona-based interactions. I’ve tested the activity locally and recorded a short demo video to showcase the changes.I would be grateful if you could take a moment to review my proposal and share any suggestions to help me refine it further. I look forward to continuing my contribution and learning through this opportunity.Thank you for your time and support! Warm regards,Yedian Cheng</div>