For JAMHacks 6, my team and I built Telenotes, which is a mobile app that transforms spoken thoughts into organized notes using natural language processing. The idea stemmed from a simple question: why do we forget most of our thoughts? We wanted to eliminate the friction between thinking and recording ideas, so we built something we'd genuinely use. Here's a demo video:
Telenote:
- Converts speech to structured notes using IBM Watson NLP
- Supports command-based classification for rapid thought sorting
- Built with React Native (frontend) and Express.js (backend)
I mainly focused on the frontend, which was my first time coding with JavaScript. This was before any LLMs were released, so learning and coding on the fly was a real challenge.
Despite initial roadblocks with Google's API, switching to IBM Watson led to quick and accurate results. This project deepened my understanding of NLP pipelines, mobile-backend communication, and the importance of designing around user accessibility.