USAII Global AI Hackathon 2026 · High School · 1A

The scary letter, explained — by text.

Text Epione a photo of any confusing official letter. Get back, in your language: what it means, how long you have, what to do, and a real person to call. On any phone — no app, no data plan.

Free · works on any phone · built to run as a public service → about 5¢ per family helped

⏰ Reminds you before the deadline✍️ Drafts your response🛡️ Flags scams
Try it live — send a sample letter
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Hi, I'm Epione. Send me a clear photo of a confusing official letter and I'll explain it in plain language. 👇 Tap a sample to see it work.
How it works
1

Snap & text it

Take a photo of the letter and text it to Epione. No app, no account, no data plan — it works on the oldest phone in the drawer.

2

Epione reads it

AI pulls out the deadline, the amount, and what you must do — quoting the exact lines so nothing is invented — and flags letters that look like scams.

3

You get a plan

Plain-language steps in your language, a real help line, a reminder before the deadline, and a drafted reply you can send. You stay in control.

Transparent by design

What Epione sees

Try a letter above and this fills in — the proof behind every reply.

The document type, the exact deadline, the verbatim quotes the AI relied on, its scam verdict, and its read-confidence. The input → AI → output → action flow, made visible.

Risk
A misread deadline or wrong advice could cost someone their home or benefits.
Mitigation
Every reply shows confidence + the exact source quote, and never claims to be legal advice.
Human in the loop
Epione never decides your legal move. Low confidence → it hands you to a real help line.
I was the kid at the kitchen table, reading the scary mail out loud to my mom before I was old enough to understand what eviction meant. She wasn't asking me to translate — she was asking me to tell her whether we were going to be okay.— the reason we built Epione.
A public service, not a startup
≈5¢per family helped
Epione is built to be run by a city, agency, or nonprofit — free to the people who need it. With a cheap-first AI model and tight, encoding-aware texts, helping 100,000 families costs about $5,000/month — orders of magnitude less than a call center or caseworker time. Get it in your community →
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Get Epione in your texts

Sign up once, then text a photo of any letter whenever you need it — and Epione will remind you before your deadlines.