EduNova — Building a Real-Time AI Tutor That Sees & Speaks with Gemini Live API

This article was created for the purposes of entering the **Gemini Live Agent Challenge * hackathon. #GeminiLiveAgentChallenge* The Problem Worth Solving Every student deserves a patient, always-available tutor. But private tutoring costs $50–$150/hour and is completely out of reach for most families worldwide. I kept asking myself: what if AI could replicate the experience of sitting next to a real tutor? Not a chatbot you type at — but one that sees your notebook , talks you through the problem , and responds in your own language. When I discovered the Gemini Live API's native audio capabilities, I knew I could finally build it. That's how EduNova was born. What EduNova Does EduNova is a real-time, multimodal AI tutor where students can: 🗣️ Speak naturally and get spoken responses — no text-to-speech lag, native audio via Gemini Live API 📸 Point their camera at homework or upload an image — the tutor sees the problem and talks through it 🌐 Learn in 20+ languages — Hindi, Spanish, Fre