Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by samuelzxu » Fri, Aug 07, 2026, 12:04 AM UTC

I've always felt that AI tutoring as we see it now is going in the wrong direction. I made Knowable as a way to see if it's possible to have a real AI tutor.

Because of hardware limitations it can only be used on Macbooks 2023+.

Let me know your thoughts!

Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding
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Re: Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by KinetiNode » Fri, Aug 07, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC

I'm not sure why i would need this , but as a project it's pretty good. Although i couldn't use this because im on linux haha

Re: Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by prabhanjana_c » Fri, Aug 07, 2026, 5:33 AM UTC

Cool, good project. tried it works. I think it will have great experience, along with voice mode, where I can talk, like in voice mode of chatgpt, while also practicing in notebook.

Re: Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by Sha1rholder » Fri, Aug 07, 2026, 6:02 AM UTC

It works on Macbook but not on Mac studio? How?

Re: Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by samuelzxu » Fri, Aug 07, 2026, 2:28 PM UTC

prabhanjana_c wrote: post #3

Cool, good project. tried it works. I think it will have great experience, along with voice mode, where I can talk, like in voice mode of chatgpt, while also practicing in notebook.

Thanks!! I have voice mode working on the MacOS app - working on getting it going on Safari as well :)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/knowable-the-visual-ai-tutor/i...

Re: Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by samuelzxu » Fri, Aug 07, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC

Sha1rholder wrote: post #4

It works on Macbook but not on Mac studio? How?

Ah it requires a special camera that only macbooks have :( But I'm working on a tutorial to get it working via an iPhone stand + continuity camera!

Re: Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by samuelzxu » Fri, Aug 07, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC

KinetiNode wrote: post #2

I'm not sure why i would need this , but as a project it's pretty good. Although i couldn't use this because im on linux haha

Thanks for the input! I'm aiming it at students and parents, highschool-level for now.

Re: Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by kanemarais » Fri, Aug 07, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC

This is very interesting. Ideal for high school level education. Don’t be surprised if most people don’t quite get it at first - it’s a new capability. Must have been a challenging build. Congrats on shipping it.

Re: Show HN: AI Tutoring with Visual Grounding

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Post by samuelzxu » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC

kanemarais wrote: post #8

This is very interesting. Ideal for high school level education. Don’t be surprised if most people don’t quite get it at first - it’s a new capability. Must have been a challenging build. Congrats on shipping it.

Thank you! Let me know if you have any feedback, happy to chat :)