Alexander R. Webber

@burkov @ChapterPal Working! Thanks for addressing it so quickly.

@alexwebber @ChapterPal I fixed a bug. Could you please try again?

@ChapterPal is there a way to adjust the frequency of the quizzes that pop up? Having the ability to increase it or decrease it, depending on the difficulty of the topic would be nice.

@burkov @ChapterPal I’ve also tried reading further and generating from there, same result.

@burkov @ChapterPal There were no sections or quizzes preceding this. And I’ve tried both options.

@burkov @ChapterPal It doesn't terminate in an error or anything, the frame just disappears.

@burkov @ChapterPal So far it seems stuck on "generating"

@ZooL_Smith It's almost certainly in a system prompt now lol

Seriously this is stuff they can either fix by code or if it's already well documented. With the way those models work, it'll always do that.

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I personally only know the basics of UX, so take my opinions with a grain of salt. I agree that selecting an entire section would be a hassle, so I like your alternative idea. I would imagine that the longer the selection in the chat input panel, perhaps it should create more questions, proportional to the length in some way.

Makes sense. But from the UX perspective, how do you see it? One way is to add the "Quiz" button to the contextual menu that shows up when the user selects some text. This would allow the user to decide how much of content they want the quiz to test. But if the user wants a quiz based on an entire section, this would demand from the user to select the text of the entire section, which isn't very user friendly. Alternatively, we could put a quiz icon to the chat input panel at the bottom. When the user clicks on it, a list of choices for the quiz support would appear: [Paragraph] [Subsection] [Section] [Chapter]. The user would choose an option and the quiz would appear right at the current reveal position (that is where the Q&A would appear). What do you think about each of the two options? Or you have a better idea?

I think paragraphs are a natural unit of idea in writing. After after reading a paragraph, I usually pause to make sure I understand what was expressed, and how it fits in larger perspective with the previous paragraphs, before moving on. The ability to select when to generate the quiz, like being able to use other contextualizing features you provide, I think aligns with your approach to agency and self-pacing.

@alexwebber @ChapterPal That's interesting. You mean like before you start reading the next section you would like to take a quiz about the one you just read?

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@ChapterPal My initial thought would be a button to the side of each new revealed section to generate a quiz for that section. Or, alternatively, you already have a context menu that appears after highlighting text, perhaps it can be added there.

@alexwebber ...interpret differently. What is too many for you would be too few for someone else. It's an interesting idea and I should think about, but if you have an idea of how to implement this in the UI and make the result consistent with what each user expects, please share.

@burkov That looks clean!

@alexwebber Would something like that be enough or you would like to know anything else?

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@ChapterPal I've emailed it twice. If the attached PDF still hasn't come through, I can send it via X message.

@alexwebber Please don't forget to email me the book that failed on the non-Premium OCR.

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@ChapterPal Sent the book. Unfortunately didn't save the log. The error message, IIRC, was "chapterpal_process failed". If it happens again, I'll be sure to send it. I can try and upload another book I'm reading to without premium OCR to test.

@alexwebber Ok, but please still still send me the book and the log. It wasn't supposed to fail the first time.

@ChapterPal Just used premium, uploaded successfully. Thanks for replying!

@alexwebber Have you used the premium OCR or the regular one?

@ChapterPal Sure. The book or the log?

@alexwebber Could you please email it to me to feedback@chapterpal.com?