Release Notes: AI Teaching Assistant#

Version 2026.2.0#

Release Date: September 10, 2026

Initial AI Teaching Assistant documentation baseline aligned with the current Windows-native runtime architecture.

Features:

  • React-based browser UI served by ata_ui_server.py

  • kiosk-core streaming session orchestration API

  • Local ASR (audio-analyzer), RAG (rag-service), and TTS (text-to-speech)

  • Multi-file knowledge-base ingestion support (.txt, .md, .docx, .pdf)

  • Metrics integration via metrics-collector

  • Windows launcher workflow (setup_windows.ps1, start_ata.ps1, stop_ata.ps1)

Documentation updates:

  • Removed outdated container/build-path documentation from this guide

  • Removed repository clone instructions that pointed to upstream Voice Enabled Interactions (VEI)

  • Updated architecture, API, configuration, and troubleshooting pages to match ai-teaching-assistant as shipped in edge-ai-suites