BrainByte | Devpost

Inspiration ✨

BrainByte was inspired by our belief that technology and AI can enhance learning experiences. There is a need for more accessible and interactive ways to learn, especially with the current state of education, which has been greatly impacted by the pandemic. So we decided to make an application that empowers education through AI and helps students learn the doubtful topics they have difficulties with.

What it does 🤔

BrainByte is an AI-powered web application that takes a topic as a prompt and then it explains the topic to the user in a QnA form usually making sure the user understands the topic and related concepts. Not only that, but it also generates a quiz of few questions related to the topic in order to help the user practice the topic they are having difficulty with.

How we built it 💻

We built BrainByte using NextJS in front-end and back-end. The core of this application is powered by OpenAI's text completion API which enabled us to make this application a real thing. We also used typescript as the base language for this project in order to have a better work environment. and there are tons of other minor technologies used in this app to make it an unreal experience such as lottie-web by airbnb etc.

Challenges we faced 🧗🏻

One of the biggest challenge was to maintain the time the request takes to be fulfilled and to make sure a timeoutError doesn't occur. since this API uses real AI to generate response, It takes a lot of time to process and return the final answer. We spent hours working on this and only issue we faced while making this app.

Accomplishments we're proud of ✌🏻

We're proud of the work we put into BrainByte, including developing a smooth and fast user interface, creating appealing animations etc. We're also proud of completing the project within the time frame and overcoming the challenges we faced.

What we learned 📚

During the development of BrainByte, we learned a lot about AI, NextJS, and React. We also gained experience in making videos using After Effects. Additionally, we learned how important it is to ensure that our website is accessible to differently-abled users, and we plan to continue working on this aspect of the website. The best powerup we got is to learn more how AI works. We learned so much about the OpenAI API that we might as well make another project using AI.

What's next for BrainByte 🚀

We have big plans for BrainByte. Our next goal is to enhance the user experience by improving the website's backend, adding voice recognition features, and making the website more accessible for differently-abled users. We also plan to expand the range of topics covered by BrainByte and make it available in multiple languages to reach a wider audience. We hope that BrainByte will become the go-to platform for anyone seeking good-quality educational content.