Japanese Instructor – Design Summary and Purpose

The Japanese Instructor is a conversational, AI-driven language tutor built using Gradio and powered by the Zephyr-7B model via Hugging Face. It provides users with an immersive, dynamic environment to practice Japanese in a natural and supportive way.

Development Summary

  • Framework: Built using Gradio’s ChatInterface with custom layout and sliders for adjustable AI behavior.

  • LLM Backend: Utilizes Hugging Face’s InferenceClient to communicate with HuggingFaceH4/zephyr-7b-beta, a chat-optimized language model.

  • Chat Context:

    • Supports streamed conversation, dynamically updating the interface as the model generates text.

    • Maintains full chat history context, including user inputs and assistant replies, for coherent and context-aware conversations.

  • Advanced Customization:

    • Users can adjust system message, response length (max tokens), temperature, and top-p via an intuitive Accordion panel.

  • Styling & UX:

    • Custom background image with modern, centered layout and a transparent chat panel for a calming experience.

    • Enhanced typography and spacing provide an elegant and user-friendly interface ideal for language learners.

Purpose

This app is designed to:

  • Offer interactive Japanese language practice in a conversational style.

  • Act as a personal tutor, with controllable creativity and helpfulness via prompt tuning.

  • Support language learners in building fluency, comprehension, and grammar skills through direct dialogue.

The blend of LLM flexibility, responsive UI, and language customization makes it ideal for students, self-learners, and anyone looking to engage in personalized language tutoring.