The Coach that works beside you — on any tab.

A browser side-panel that watches the page you're on, coaches you through real hands-on work, writes the exact command into your DigiPad, and checks your result. Voice optional.

Current build: v0.5.2 · Chrome & Edge · updated 2026-08-16

Install — 2 minutes

Load it into Chrome or Edge

This is a manual (unpacked) install — no store needed. Keep the unzipped folder somewhere permanent; Chrome runs the extension straight from it.

⬇ Download the extension (.zip)

Unzip it to a folder you'll keep — e.g. Documents\DigitalExpo-Coach. Don't delete this folder later; the extension loads from it.
Open chrome://extensions (or edge://extensions) in the address bar.
Turn on Developer mode — the toggle in the top-right corner.
Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped digitalexpo-coach-extension folder (the one containing manifest.json).
Pin DigitalExpo Coach from the puzzle-piece menu, open any tab, and click the icon — the side panel opens.

First time you use voice — the Coach opens a one-time tab asking for microphone access. Click Allow, then come back and tap the mic. (Text works with no permission at all.)

To see your own books — tap Sign in in the Lesson bar and log in with your DigitalExpo account (email/password or Google). Free coaching works signed-out.

Staying current

How to update during beta

We ship often. Manual installs don't auto-update, so when the version above changes:

Re-download the .zip from this page.
Unzip over your existing folder (replace all files), or delete the old folder's contents and drop in the new ones — keep the same folder path.
Go to chrome://extensions and click Reload ↻ on the DigitalExpo Coach card. Done.

Bookmark this page and check the version line at the top — that's how you'll know a new build is out.

v0.5.2
Hands-free stability: adaptive barge-in that won't cut the Coach off on its own voice or room noise; calmer voice detection.
v0.5.1
Voice transport — Pause / Resume (picks up right where it left off) and Stop, shown while the Coach is speaking.
v0.5.0
Barge-in — talk over the Coach to interrupt. In-panel Sign in (email/password + Google).
v0.4.0
Hands-free conversation mode — it listens, answers, then listens again.
v0.3.0
Lesson Mode — pick a book you own and a section; the Coach teaches strictly from it.

Help us break it

What we'd love you to try

👁 Tab-vision

Open a terminal, cloud console, or any page — tap the eye and ask the Coach what to do next.

🧩 DigiPad loop

Run the command it writes, then tap "look again" — does it read your result correctly?

🎧 Hands-free + barge-in

Turn on hands-free, then talk over the Coach mid-sentence. Does it stop cleanly and hear you?

🔐 Sign in

Found a bug or a rough edge? Note the build version and what you did, and send it our way — the messier the report, the more useful. Thank you for testing early. 🙏