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Letter Buddy: An Offline AI That Explains Official Letters in Telugu

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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend. I built Letter Buddy for my neighbour, who receives official letters such as insurance, banking, pension, and utility documents in English and often needs someone else to explain what they actually mean. [REPLACE THIS SENTENCE WITH YOUR REAL MOMENT]: The moment that made me build it was when ____________________________________________. The problem wasn't that the information was unavailable. The problem was that it was written in a language and style that made a simple question difficult: "What is this letter sa

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