# Playla

> Playla is an AI companion for children aged 4-12 that provides personalized bedtime stories, Socratic homework help, emotion awareness, and social learning in multiple languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Mandarin, and more).

## Key Facts
- Age range: 4-12 years
- Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Mandarin, and more
- Curriculum alignment: Common Core, national, and international standards
- Privacy: COPPA compliant, end-to-end encrypted
- Platform: iOS, Android, Web
- Status: Beta with 200+ families

## Features
- Personalised bedtime stories and voice conversations
- Socratic homework guidance (never gives direct answers)
- Real-time emotion detection with parent alerts
- Multi-child social learning network
- Parent dashboard with learning, emotional, and social health metrics

## Images
- **Mascot (hero):** /sakhi-mascot.png — Playla's owl mascot character, a friendly animated figure that greets children on the homepage and appears throughout the app as the AI companion avatar during voice chats and social learning activities.
- **Parent Dashboard:** The dashboard is rendered as a live interactive UI (not a static image). It displays three tab views: (1) Emotion Trends — weekly mood graphs and stress spike alerts, (2) Learning Mastery — subject heatmaps and homework completion rates, (3) Social Health — friendship network strength and collaboration scores. All data is pattern-based; conversations are never read or sold.
- **Open Graph preview:** /og-image.png — Social sharing card shown when Playla links are shared on Twitter, LinkedIn, or messaging apps.

## Links
- [Home](https://www.playla.org/)
- [Waitlist](https://www.playla.org/#waitlist)
- [AI Story Generator](https://www.playla.org/stories)
- [How It Works](https://www.playla.org/stories/how-it-works)
- [Stories by Theme](https://www.playla.org/stories/themes)
- [Stories by Topic](https://www.playla.org/stories/about)
- [Stories by Age](https://www.playla.org/stories/age)