Build a Children's Story Generator with .NET MAUI and Azure | Community Feed

Héctor Pérez’s .NET Conf 2023 demo walks through a cross-platform children’s storytelling app: .NET MAUI on the client, Azure OpenAI for story and image generation, and Azure Text to Speech for narration — wrapped in UI details that make the experience feel magical.

What you’ll learn

End-to-end architecture — MAUI client plus an ASP.NET Core API so keys stay off the device
Azure OpenAI via Semantic Kernel — generating story text and images for younger audiences
Text to Speech storytelling — turning generated content into spoken narration
Kid-friendly UI craft — parallax, animated gradients, custom SkiaSharp playback chrome, and loading popups
Practical packaging tips — how the five build steps fit together into a shippable demo

Watch the session for the live walkthrough, then dig into Héctor’s write-up if you want the source-level follow-along.