The Build Journey

Absent residents and students who prefer text to audio kept falling through the gap between synchronous lectures and their learning objectives.

The goal was set as "multiple means of representation" — the same lecture, offered in several formats, on local infrastructure for privacy.

A Perl/Mojolicious app with a SQLite job queue: upload → whisper.cpp transcript → Ollama-generated summary, study notes, learning objectives, and practice quiz, with live progress updates.

Authentication, CSRF protection, security headers, session hardening, upload validation, and end-to-end request and pipeline logging.

Iterative feature rounds driven by Dr. Thang's review: refining outputs, formats, and the human-in-the-loop controls so the educator stays in charge of clinical accuracy.

Shared at Education Day 2026 alongside student feedback showing the value of multiple formats for consolidation and for bridging clinical absences.