I Built an AI Notes Simplifier for My Friend Using Gemma, React and Render

A developer built Noteform, an AI-powered study companion that turns lengthy lecture notes into concise summaries, exam-focused questions, and viva-style Q&A. The app runs on Google's open Gemma model via Hugging Face, with a React frontend deployed on Render and Vercel, and was created for a friend who struggled to revise quickly before exams.

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend A friend of mine often struggles with exam preparation because lecture notes can be long and difficult to revise quickly. Reading pages of notes before an exam takes time, and finding the most important concepts is not always easy. To help with this problem, I built Noteform , an AI-powered study companion that can: The goal was to make revision faster and more effective. Live Demo: YOUR VERCEL LINK GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Banshraj1/ai-notes-simplifier https://github.com/Banshraj1/ai-notes-simplifier Transforms lengthy notes into concise, revision-ready summaries. Generates exam-focused questions from the provided notes to help students prioritize their revision. Creates viva-style questions and answers for quick oral exam practice. A simple and distraction-free interface designed around the study workflow. This project is powered by Gemma , an open AI model, through Hugging Face. Using an open model gave me more flexibility in how AI is integrated into the application and avoids tying the project entirely to a single proprietary AI provider. The open approach also makes it easier to experiment with different models and gives the project a path toward self-hosted inference in the future. For a student-built project, this is especially useful because it lowers the barrier to experimenting with modern AI while keeping the architecture flexible. I shared the application with my friend, who found the Important Questions feature especially useful for quickly identifying what to revise before exams. Try it here: https://ai-notes-simplifier.vercel.app/ https://ai-notes-simplifier.vercel.app/