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Description
EunoiaMind is an open-source, emotionally intelligent AI framework designed to support mental wellness, built entirely on a free-tier infrastructure with no GPU, no cloud dependencies, and one working hand using ubuntu and HuggingFace free-tier.
This session presents EunoiaMind not just as a chatbot, but as a foundational framework that combines affective computing, cognitive-behavioral therapy structures (CBT, ACT, DBT), accessible design, and narrative echo modeling - all built using ubuntu and open-source tools like Hugging Face, Gradio, and SentenceTransformers.
We will explore how this system was designed from scratch with empathy and constraint at its core: developed by a disabled technologist, awarded nationally for work in accessible tech and rooted in over a decade of work in speech recognition and open-source contribution.
Session author's bio
Dr. Bhavanishankar Ravindra is a nationally awarded technologist, accessibility advocate, and AI researcher who has been building inclusive systems for over a decade. He was honored by the President of India as a Role Model in Technology & Disability (2017), contributed to open-source through Ubuntu community, voice tech through Google Summer of Code in 2013 and currently is an active mentor in 2025, also, currently he serves on the Supreme Court of India's Accessibility Advisory Committee.
Despite having 75% disability, he continues to build, speak, and lead with impact - including his latest open-source project EunoiaMind, an edge AI wellness companion that blends narrative cognition, therapy frameworks, and emotion-aware dialogue systems.
Special accommodations
Vegetarian food and accessible stage as I walk around with a walking stick.
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Audience Takeaways
A clear technical blueprint for deploying AI wellness tools on low-resource hardware
Inspiration for building inclusive, meaningful AI without corporate backing
Understanding of narrative memory, emotional modeling, and reflective AI logic
How open-source can empower individuals with disabilities to lead in innovation
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