Can AI help a child prepare for a spelling test?
That’s the question I asked this week while helping my daughter study for hers. Instead of just drilling words the old-fashioned way, I wondered—how hard would it be to build an AI-powered spelling assistant?
With Open WebUI, it turned out to be surprisingly simple. By leveraging its built-in knowledge base, tools (like a calculator and date-time), Text-to-Speech, and the ability to use both private models via Ollama and external ones like Anthropic’s Claude, you can create a dynamic learning tool with just a bit of prompting.
Here’s how:
📌 Create a document for each week’s spelling test and add it to a “Spelling Tests” knowledge base. 📌 Let the AI read words aloud, quiz the child, and provide immediate feedback. 📌 Track practice sessions in a document store, identifying words they consistently struggle with to focus on improvement.
A small experiment, but one with big potential! 🚀