hi-kid
View on GitHubHiKid - Your AI English Pal. A desktop app built with React and TypeScript, targeting children in non-English-speaking countries who want to practice English speaking and listening.
HiKid is an Electron/React desktop app where kids talk to a fully local AI English pal. It chains SoX recording with VAD, a Qwen3-ASR speech server, kitten-tts synthesis, and an Ollama LLM via pi-agent-core for offline voice chat.
Use Cases
Kids practicing English speakingEnglish listening comprehension practiceVoice conversation with a local AI palOffline language learning without internetAI storytelling for childrenWord games for vocabulary practicePrivacy-preserving voice chat on desktopLocal ASR/TTS/LLM pipeline as a template
Built With
- Language
- TypeScript
- Frameworks
- Electron · React · Vite · electron-vite · Vitest · Ollama · @mariozechner/pi-agent-core · SoX · kitten-tts-server · asr-server · animal-island-ui · electron-builder
Tags
voice-agent · speech-recognition · text-to-speech · offline-ai · local-llm · education · kids · english-learning · electron · react · typescript · voice-chat · privacy · vad · desktop-app