How can cooking be simpler?
Out of the basic needs that humans need to survive, eating is one of the most important.
To cook, people need to look for food ideas, look for recipes, find which ingredients the chef used, and then sometimes upload them to show their creations to friends. The time-consuming process usually happens between different applications and with screenshots filling up the entire photo album.
Yumi is a one-app solution for cooking.
Yumi is a one-app solution for cooking.
User Interface Interaction
1. Browse through recipe videos/pictures that content creators post
1. Browse through recipe videos/pictures that content creators post
2. Click the recipe video to favorite, save, or go to the written recipe
3. If a creator does not manually add a recipe to the video, an AI model will examine the video and create a written recipe with screenshots of the process included.
4. Access the timer function and ingredient list integrated into each written recipe for easy access
5. Save the videos and the written recipes in folders
6. Search for new recipes or revisit the latest one
Outlining the interactions and pages:
Below is a low-fidelity wireframe for the structure of the app
Designing the mobile app
Prototyping
AI Generation
In recipes missing written instructions from the creator, AI will record transcripts and take screenshots of the important parts of each recipe.
Additionally, AI will create a description of the foods to educate users about the food's cultural backgrounds.
Instructions
Users can click on the smaller squares for an up-close view of the screenshot taken by the AI. Each ingredient is bolded in the instructions paired with the respective image.
Filtered by Cuisine
Users can filter by type of cuisine or by dietary preferences to see foods that they want to see. For instance, if a user wants to get to know Korean foods better, they can choose the Korean filter function.
Save Recipes
Users can save AI generated recipes and star favorites.
