Linked correct video to question.

backend/api.py

@@ -51,8 +51,13 @@ def ai_mark(request: AIMarkRequest):
     marking_system_prompt = f"""
     You are a marking system for a language learning app. 
     You are marking a question from a chapter on {request.chapter} in {request.language}.
+    
     Please mark the user's answer as correct or incorrect and give a reason for your marking.
-    Output in the following JSON format: {{"correct": bool, "reason": str}}
+    Your marking is primarily based on the user's answer being semantically equivalent, in the given scenario,
+    to the expected answer, rather than identical.
+    Ignore incorrect spacing and capitalisation in your grading.
+    Output in the following JSON format: {{"correct": bool, "reason": str}}.
+    "reason" should always state the expected answer and the user's answer, along with an explanation of the mistake.
     """
     user_prompt = f"""
     The question is: {request.question}

frontend/src/components/VerbalPronunciationExercise.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export default function VerbalPronunciationExercise({q, chapter, onSubmit}: Verb
     const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
     const [correct, setCorrect] = useState("");
     const [reason, setReason] = useState("");
-    const [userAnswer, setUserAnswer] = useState("");
 
     const handleSubmit = () => {
         if (answered) {
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ export default function VerbalPronunciationExercise({q, chapter, onSubmit}: Verb
                 const audioFile = new File([blob], "audio.wav", { type: 'audio/wav' });
             
                 const text = await speechToText(audioFile);
-                setUserAnswer(text);
-                const aiMark = await getAIMarking(`Please pronounce the following: ${q.question}`, text.toLowerCase(), "", chapter, language);
+                const aiMark = await getAIMarking(q.question, text.toLowerCase(), "", chapter, language);
                 setAnswered(true);
                 setCorrect(aiMark.correct);
                 setReason(aiMark.reason);
@@ -75,14 +73,14 @@ export default function VerbalPronunciationExercise({q, chapter, onSubmit}: Verb
                 <div className='flex backdrop:flex-row justify-center w-full'>
                     <Icon icon="mdi:microphone" className="microphone h-20 w-20 mx-auto"/>
                     <button className={`record-btn mx-auto ${isRecording ? 'red' : ''}`} onClick={handleRecord}>
-                        {isRecording ? 'Stop Recording'
-                        : loading ?
+                        {isRecording ? 'Stop Recording' 
+                        : loading ?  
                         <ClipLoader
                             color="white"
                             loading={loading}
                             aria-label="Loading Spinner"
                             data-testid="loader"
-                        /> :
+                        /> : 
                         'Record'}
                     </button>
                 </div>
@@ -90,25 +88,24 @@ export default function VerbalPronunciationExercise({q, chapter, onSubmit}: Verb
             )
         } else {
             return (
-              <div className='flex flex-wrap w-full gap-5'>
-                  <div className="font-bold">{correct ? "Correct!" : "Incorrect"}</div>
-                  <div>{reason}</div>
-                  <button className='green w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>{!answered ? "Submit" : "Continue"}</button>
-                  {answered && !correct && <button className='red w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>I was right</button>}
-              </div>
+                <div className=' flex-row flex-wrap w-full'>
+                    <h3>{correct}</h3>
+                    <p>{reason}</p>
+                    <button className='record-btn w-full bottom-0 relative' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>Continue</button>
+                </div>
             )
         }
     }
 
-    return <div className="v-layout flex justify-center h-full">
-        <div className="font-bold">Say the following</div>
-        <div className='box'>
-            {q.question}
+    return (
+        <div>
+            <div className="v-layout page-pad flex justify-center">
+                <h1 className="text-center">Say the following</h1>
+                <div className='round box h-min no-shadow relative min-h-[60px] flex items-center justify-center'>
+                    {q.question}
+                </div>
+                {ResponseSection(correct, reason)}
+            </div>
         </div>
-        {userAnswer && <div className='flex items-center gap-3'>
-            <Icon icon="mdi:microphone"/> {userAnswer}
-        </div>}
-        <div className="flex-1"></div>
-        {ResponseSection(correct, reason)}
-    </div>
+    )
 }

frontend/src/components/VerbalQuestionsExercise.tsx

@@ -52,40 +52,41 @@ export default function VerbalQuestionsExercise({q, chapter, onSubmit}: VerbalQu
 
     }
 
-  const ResponseSection = (correct: string | null, reason: string | null) => {
-    if (!answered) {
-      return (
-        <div className='w-full h-36'>
-          <div className=' flex-row flex-wrap w-full h-full'>
-            {remainingWords.map((word, index) => (
-              <span
-                key={index}
-                className="border-gray-300 border-2 m-1 p-1 px-3 rounded-xl inline-block cursor-pointer"
-                onClick={() => handleWordBankClick(word)}>
+    const ResponseSection = (correct: string | null, reason: string | null) => {
+        if (!answered) {
+            return (
+                <div className='w-full h-32'>
+                    <div className=' flex-row flex-wrap w-full h-full'>
+                        {remainingWords.map((word, index) => (
+                            <span 
+                            key={index} 
+                            className="border-gray-300 border-2 m-1 p-1 px-3 rounded-xl inline-block cursor-pointer"
+                            onClick={(event) => handleWordBankClick(word)}>
                                 {word}
                             </span>
-            ))}
-          </div>
-          <button className='green' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>
-            {loading ? <ClipLoader
-              color="white"
-              loading={loading}
-              aria-label="Loading Spinner"
-              data-testid="loader"
-            /> : !answered ? "Submit" : "Continue"}
-          </button>
-        </div>
+                        ))}
+                    </div>
+                    <button className='green' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>
+                        {loading ? <ClipLoader
+                            color="white"
+                            loading={loading}
+                            aria-label="Loading Spinner"
+                            data-testid="loader"
+                        /> : !answered ? "Submit" : "Continue"}
+                    </button>
+                </div>
 
-      )
-    } else {
-      return <div className='flex flex-wrap w-full gap-5'>
-        <div className="font-bold">{correct ? "Correct!" : "Incorrect"}</div>
-        <div>{reason}</div>
-        <button className='green w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>{!answered ? "Submit" : "Continue"}</button>
-        {answered && !correct && <button className='red w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>I was right</button>}
-      </div>
+            )
+        } else {
+            return (
+                <div className=' flex-row flex-wrap border-b-4 w-full h-36'>
+                    <h3>{correct}</h3>
+                    <p>{reason}</p>
+                    <button className='green w-full' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>{!answered ? "Submit" : "Continue"}</button>
+                </div>
+            )
+        }
     }
-  }
 
     return (
         <div className='v-layout space-y-8 items-center w-full'>

frontend/src/components/VideoExercise.tsx

@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ export default function VideoExercise({q, chapter, onSubmit}: VideoQuestionProps
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className='v-layout w-full h-full non-center'>
+    <div className='v-layout space-y-8 items-center w-full'>
       <div className="box">
         {q.question}
       </div>
       <video src={q.clipUrl} controls className='video-player'></video>
-      <div className="flex-1"></div>
       <div className='flex-col w-full'>
         {!answered ?
           <div className="v-layout">
@@ -58,11 +57,10 @@ export default function VideoExercise({q, chapter, onSubmit}: VideoQuestionProps
               {loading ? <ClipLoader color="white" loading={loading} /> : "Submit"}
             </button>
           </div> :
-          <div className='flex flex-wrap w-full gap-5'>
-            <div className="font-bold">{correct ? "Correct!" : "Incorrect"}</div>
-            <div>{reason}</div>
-            <button className='green w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>{!answered ? "Submit" : "Continue"}</button>
-            {answered && !correct && <button className='red w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>I was right</button>}
+          <div className='flex-col w-full'>
+            <h3>{correct}</h3>
+            <p>{reason}</p>
+            <button className='green w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>Continue</button>
           </div>
         }
       </div>

frontend/src/components/WrittenQuestionExercise.tsx

@@ -80,12 +80,13 @@ export default function WrittenQuestionExercise({q, chapter, onSubmit}: WrittenQ
 
             )
         } else {
-            return <div className='flex flex-wrap w-full gap-5'>
-              <div className="font-bold">{correct ? "Correct!" : "Incorrect"}</div>
-              <div>{reason}</div>
-              <button className='green w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>{!answered ? "Submit" : "Continue"}</button>
-              {answered && !correct && <button className='red w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>I was right</button>}
-            </div>
+            return (
+                <div className=' flex-row flex-wrap border-b-4 w-full h-36'>
+                    <h3>{correct}</h3>
+                    <p>{reason}</p>
+                    <button className='green w-full' onClick={() => handleSubmit()}>{!answered ? "Submit" : "Continue"}</button>
+                </div>
+            )
         }
     }
 

frontend/src/components/WrittenVocabularyExercise.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import {VocabularyQuestion} from "../logic/CourseData";
-import {Icon} from "@iconify/react";
 
 interface WrittenVocabularyProps {
   q: VocabularyQuestion
@@ -20,30 +19,24 @@ export default function WrittenQuestionExercise({q, onSubmit}: WrittenVocabulary
     }
 
     return (
-        <div className='v-layout gap-5 h-full'>
-            <div className="font-bold">Recall the following word</div>
-            <div className='box text-center'>
+        <div className='v-layout space-y-8 items-center w-full'>
+            <h1>Vocabulary: Do you know this word?</h1>
+            <div className='round box h-min no-shadow relative min-h-[60px] flex items-center justify-center mx-5'>
                 {q.question}
             </div>
-            <div className="flex-1 flex justify-center items-center w-full">
-              {answered &&
-                  <div className='flex flex-col gap-3 w-full'>
-                      <div className="font-bold">{q.pronunciation}</div>
-                      <div>{q.description}</div>
-                      <div className="text-yellow-600 flex items-center gap-3"><Icon icon="fa:star"/>{q.example}</div>
-                  </div>
-              }
-            </div>
-            <div className="mb-5">
-                {answered ?
-                    <>
-                      <button className='green my-4' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>I got it!</button>
-                      <button className='red' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>I forgot</button>
-                    </> :
-                    <>
-                      <div className="text-gray-400 text-sm mb-5">Please click "show meaning" after you have tried to recall the meaning of the word</div>
-                      <button className='white' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>Show Meaning</button>
-                    </>
+            <div className=' flex-col flex-wrap w-full'>
+                {answered ? 
+                    <div className='flex-col w-full'>
+                        <h3>{q.pronunciation}</h3>
+                        <p>{q.description}</p>
+                        <p>{q.example}</p>
+                        <div className='flex-row'>
+                            <button className='green my-4' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>I got it!</button>
+                            <button className='red' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>I forgot</button>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                    : 
+                    <button className='white' onClick={(e) => handleSubmit()}>Show Meaning</button>
                 }
             </div>
         </div>

frontend/src/logic/CourseData.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ export const chapters_jp: Chapter[] = [
     name: 'Order food',
     steps: [{
       questions: [
+
+        {
+          question: 'What did Yui come to the club meeting for?',
+          clipUrl: window.location.origin + "/video/cake.mp4",
+          description: "This is a clip from the anime 'K-On'. Yui is a member of the light music club. She came to the club meeting to eat cake.",
+          expected: 'ケーキ or cake',
+          type: 'video',
+        },
         {
           question: 'Translate this sentence: すしをください',
           wordBank: ['I', 'sushi', 'cookies', 'want', 'please', 'give', 'rice', 'some', 'yesterday'],
@@ -81,17 +89,10 @@ export const chapters_jp: Chapter[] = [
           type: 'verbal-question',
         },
         {
-          question: 'すしをたくさんあります',
+          question: 'Please say: すしをたくさんあります',
           translation: 'There is a lot of sushi',
           type: 'verbal-pronunciation',
         },
-        {
-          question: 'What is the following song about?',
-          clipUrl: window.location.origin + "/video/dango.mp4",
-          description: "This is the song 'Dango Daikazoku' from the anime 'Clannad'. It is about a family of dango.",
-          expected: '団子 or dango',
-          type: 'video',
-        }
       ]
     },
       {
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ export const chapters_jp: Chapter[] = [
             // question: "Translate this sentence: Water please",
             // wordBank: ['水', 'を', 'ください', 'おいしい', 'おもい', 'すし', '中', 'です'],
             question: 'Translate this sentence: 水をください',
-            wordBank: ['I', 'sushi', 'cookies', 'want', 'please', 'give', 'rice', 'some', 'yesterday'],
+            wordBank: ['I', 'sushi', 'cookies', 'want', 'please', 'give', 'Water', 'some', 'yesterday'],
             // expected: '水をください',
             expected: 'Water please',
             type: "written-question"
@@ -121,18 +122,98 @@ export const chapters_jp: Chapter[] = [
             type: 'verbal-question',
           },
           {
-            question: '刺身おください',
+            question: 'Please say: 刺身おください',
             translation: 'Please give me sashimi',
             type: 'verbal-pronunciation',
           },
           {
-            question: 'What did Yui come to the club meeting for?',
-            clipUrl: window.location.origin + "/video/cake.mp4",
-            description: "This is a clip from the anime 'K-On'. Yui is a member of the light music club. She came to the club meeting to eat cake.",
-            expected: 'ケーキ or cake',
+            question: 'What is the following song about?',
+            clipUrl: window.location.origin + "/video/dango.mp4",
+            description: "This is the song 'Dango Daikazoku' from the anime 'Clannad'. It is about a family of dango.",
+            expected: '団子 or dango',
             type: 'video',
-          },
+          }
         ]
       }]
   }
 ]
+
+export const chapters_es: Chapter[] = [
+  {
+    name: 'Order food',
+    steps: [{
+      questions: [
+        {
+          question: "Translate this phrase: Me provoca un helado",
+          wordBank: ['I', 'want', 'ice cream', 'an', 'urgent', 'am', 'craving', 'milkshake'],
+          expected: 'I want an ice cream',
+          type: "written-question"
+        },
+        {
+          question: 'Pastel',
+          pronunciation: 'Pastel (pahs-tehl)',
+          description: 'Pastel is the Spanish word for "cake". It is a popular dessert in many Spanish-speaking countries, also known as torta.',
+          example: 'Vamos a celebrar con un pastel! (Let\'s celebrate with a cake!)',
+          type: 'written-vocabulary',
+        },
+        {
+          question: 'What do you hear?',
+          wordBank: ['favor', 'ver', 'el', 'menú', 'por', 'Quiero', 'libro', 'risas', 'oler'],
+          expected: 'Quiero ver el menú por favor',
+          translation: 'I want to see the menu, please',
+          url: window.location.origin + '/audio/es_1_1_3.mp3',
+          type: 'verbal-question',
+        },
+        {
+          question: 'Please say: Este postre es exquisito',
+          translation: 'This dessert is exquisite',
+          type: 'verbal-pronunciation',
+        },
+        {
+          question: 'What is the filling of the tequeño?',
+          clipUrl: window.location.origin + "/video/tequeños.mp4",
+          description: "Tequeños are a popular Venezuelan appetizer. They are made of cheese wrapped in dough and fried.",
+          expected: 'Cheese (queso)',
+          type: 'video',
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+      {
+        questions: [
+          {
+            question: "Translate this phrase: Yo quiero agua por favor",
+            wordBank: ['I', 'juice', 'water', 'want', 'please', 'give', 'some', 'now'],
+            expected: 'I want water please',
+            type: "written-question"
+          },
+          {
+            question: 'Jugo',
+            pronunciation: 'Jugo (hoo-goh)',
+            description: 'Jugo is the Spanish word for "juice". In some parts of the world, juice is also called zumo.',
+            example: 'Me gusta tomar jugo de naranja! (I like to drink orange juice!)',
+            type: 'written-vocabulary',
+          },
+          {
+            question: 'What do you hear?',
+            wordBank: ['Que', 'Quien', 'tomar', 'yo', 'tú', 'quieres', 'comer', 'de'],
+            expected: 'Que quieres de comer',
+            translation: 'What do you want to eat?',
+            url: window.location.origin + '/audio/es_1_2_3.mp3',
+            type: 'verbal-question',
+          },
+          {
+            question: 'Please say: La comida está deliciosa!',
+            translation: 'The food is delicious!',
+            type: 'verbal-pronunciation',
+          },
+          {
+            question: 'What is the boy going to eat?',
+            clipUrl: window.location.origin + "/video/paella.mp4",
+            description: "The boy is about to eat paella, a traditional Spanish dish. It is made of rice, seafood, and vegetables.",
+            expected: 'Paella',
+            type: 'video',
+          }
+        ]
+      }]
+  }
+]

frontend/src/logic/sdk.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 
 import MandarinChinese from '../assets/img/lang/zh.svg'
 import Japanese from '../assets/img/lang/ja.svg'
+import Spanish from '../assets/img/lang/es.svg'
 import English from '../assets/img/lang/en.svg'
-import {Chapter, chapters_jp} from "./CourseData";
+import {Chapter, chapters_jp, chapters_es} from "./CourseData";
 
 // db.users: Signup table map<username, password>
 // db.user: Current logged-in user
 const db = localStorage
 
-const backendUrl = 'https://318-bk.hydev.org'
+// const backendUrl = 'https://318-bk.hydev.org'
+const backendUrl = "https://127.0.0.1:8000"
 
 export interface Lang {
   name: string
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ export interface Lang {
 export const possibleLangs: Lang[] = [
   // {name: 'Mandarin Chinese', code: 'zh', icon: MandarinChinese, data: []},
   {name: 'Japanese', code: 'ja', icon: Japanese, data: chapters_jp},
+  {name: 'Spanish', code: 'es', icon: Spanish, data: chapters_es},
   // {name: 'English', code: 'en', icon: English, data: []},
 ]
 
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ export function signup(username: string, password: string, language: string)
 
   const users = JSON.parse(db.users)
 
-  users[username] = {password, language}
+  users[username] = {password, language, "experience": 10, "completed_modules": [], "day_streak": 0, "speaking": 0}
   db.users = JSON.stringify(users)
 
   db.user = username

frontend/src/pages/Character.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Icon } from '@iconify/react';
 import CharacterBadge from '../components/CharacterBadge';
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { speechToText, characterChatMessage, getAudio } from '../logic/sdk';
-import { SyncLoader } from 'react-spinners';
 
 export default function Character() {
     const location = useLocation();
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@ export default function Character() {
     type Message = { text: string, sender: string };
     const [messages, setMessages] = useState<Message[]>([]);
     const [isRecording, setIsRecording] = useState(false);
-    const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
-    const [isOtherLoading, setIsOtherLoading] = useState(false);
 
     let chunks = [] as any;
     const mediaRecorder = useRef<MediaRecorder | null>(null);
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ export default function Character() {
 
     useEffect(() => {
         scrollToBottom()
-    }, [messages, isLoading]);
+    }, [messages]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: true }).then((stream) => {
@@ -38,17 +35,12 @@ export default function Character() {
     
             mediaRecorder.current.onstop = async (e) => {
                 setIsRecording(false);
-                setIsLoading(true);
                 const blob = new Blob(chunks, { type: 'audio/wav' });
                 chunks = [];
             
                 const audioFile = new File([blob], "audio.wav", { type: 'audio/wav' });
             
                 const text = await speechToText(audioFile);
-                setMessages(prevMessages => [...prevMessages, { text: text, sender: 'me' }]);
-                setIsLoading(false);
-
-                setIsOtherLoading(true);
                 const response = await characterChatMessage(sessionId, text);
                 const { msg, audio_id } = response;
                 const audioBlob = await getAudio(audio_id);
@@ -56,8 +48,7 @@ export default function Character() {
                 const audioUrl = URL.createObjectURL(audioFileResponse);
                 const audio = new Audio(audioUrl);
                 audio.play();
-                setMessages(prevMessages => [...prevMessages, { text: msg, sender: 'other' }]);
-                setIsOtherLoading(false);
+                setMessages(prevMessages => [...prevMessages, { text: text, sender: 'me' }, { text: msg, sender: 'other' }]); 
             }
         });
     }, []);
@@ -83,8 +74,8 @@ export default function Character() {
                     <h1 className="text-center">Talk With...</h1>
                     <CharacterBadge name={name} image={image} onClick={() => {}}/>
                     <div className="chat-area pb-10">
-                        {messages.length === 0 && !isLoading ? (
-                            <p className="text-center text-gray-400">Please record a message to start the conversation.</p>
+                        {messages.length === 0 ? (
+                            <p className='subtext'>Please record a message to start the conversation.</p>
                         ) : (
                             messages.map((message, index) => (
                                 <div key={index} className={`message ${message.sender}`}>
@@ -92,28 +83,6 @@ export default function Character() {
                                 </div>
                             ))
                         )}
-                        {isLoading && (
-                            <div className="message me">
-                                <SyncLoader
-                                    color="white"
-                                    loading={isLoading}
-                                    aria-label="Loading Spinner"
-                                    data-testid="loader"
-                                    size={10}
-                                />
-                            </div>
-                        )}
-                        {isOtherLoading && (
-                            <div className="message other">
-                                <SyncLoader
-                                    color="white"
-                                    loading={isOtherLoading}
-                                    aria-label="Loading Spinner"
-                                    data-testid="loader"
-                                    size={10}
-                                />
-                            </div>
-                        )}
                     </div>
                     <div ref={messageEndRef} />
                 </div>

frontend/src/pages/CollabLearning.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import NavBar from "../components/NavBar"
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { generateFakeUsers } from '../logic/fakeUsers';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
-import {getLanguage} from "../logic/sdk";
 
 export default function CollabLearning() {
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ export default function CollabLearning() {
         <div className="v-layout p-6">
             <div className="flex flex-col flex-1">
                 <h1>Chat</h1>
-                <p className="subtext">Find people fluent in {getLanguage().name} to Chat!</p>
+                <p className="subtext">Find people fluent in your taget language to Chat!</p>
                 <p className="subtext">Help them learn a language you know!</p>
                 <p className="font-bold pt-10">Interests</p>
                 <div className="tags">

frontend/src/pages/Lesson.tsx

@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ export default function Lesson()
   return (
     <div className="v-layout page-pad non-center">
       <Progress percent={currQuestion / questions.length * 100} back={handleNavigateBack}/>
-      <div className="p-5 h-full">
-        {renderQuestion(currQuestion)}
+      <div className="p-5">
+        <div className="flex flex-col flex-1 mb-8 items-center">
+          {renderQuestion(currQuestion)}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   )

frontend/src/pages/Review.tsx

@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ export default function Review() {
 
     const handleReviewLessonClick = (reviewType: string, lesson: string) => {
         const lessons: _Question[] = getLanguage().data.flatMap(chapter => chapter.steps).flatMap(step => step.questions);
-        navigate('/lesson', { state: { questions: lessons.filter(it => it.type == `${reviewType}-${lesson}`), home: location.pathname } });
+        navigate('/lesson', { state: { questions: lessons.filter(it => it.type === `${reviewType}-${lesson}`), home: location.pathname } });
     }
 
     return (
         <div className="layout-v page-pad">
-            <h1>Daily Review</h1>
+            <h1>Review Page</h1>
             <h2>Written</h2>
             <div className="flex flex-col flex-1 mb-8 gap-3">
                 {writtenReview.map(lesson => (

frontend/src/pages/UserChat.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Icon } from '@iconify/react';
 import { useState, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { humanChatMessage } from '../logic/sdk';
-import { SyncLoader } from 'react-spinners';
 
 export default function Character() {
     const location = useLocation();
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ export default function Character() {
     type Message = { text: string, sender: string };
     const [messages, setMessages] = useState<Message[]>([]);
     const [message, setMessage] = useState('');
-    const [isOtherLoading, setIsOtherLoading] = useState(false);
 
     const messageEndRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
@@ -24,16 +22,13 @@ export default function Character() {
         scrollToBottom()
     }, [messages]);
 
-    const handleSendClick = async () => {
+    const handleSendClick = () => {
         if (message !== '') {
             setMessages(prevMessages => [...prevMessages, { text: message, sender: 'me' }]);
             setMessage('');
-
-            setIsOtherLoading(true);
-            const response = await humanChatMessage(sessionId, message);
-            const { msg } = response;
-            setMessages(prevMessages => [...prevMessages, { text: msg, sender: 'other' }]);
-            setIsOtherLoading(false);
+            humanChatMessage(sessionId, message).then((response) => {
+                setMessages(prevMessages => [...prevMessages, { text: response.msg, sender: 'other' }]);
+            })
         }
 
     }
@@ -60,17 +55,6 @@ export default function Character() {
                             </div>
                         ))
                     )}
-                    {isOtherLoading && (
-                        <div className="message other">
-                            <SyncLoader
-                                color="white"
-                                loading={isOtherLoading}
-                                aria-label="Loading Spinner"
-                                data-testid="loader"
-                                size={10}
-                            />
-                        </div>
-                    )}
                     <div ref={messageEndRef} />
                 </div>
             </div>