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SMU ACADEMY · CAPSTONE WORKSHOP

GenAI in Business Growth & Innovation Hands-on build with ElevenLabs and Codex

· 2–4 pm SGT

With Son Le, OpenAI Codex and ElevenLabs ambassador. Meet Son (Google Slides)

Take a workflow your team has already built. Choose one moment when speaking or listening would help the person doing the work, then build and test that step.

Start the build →Explore learner ideas ↓

Bring your laptop.
And your own audio setup.

A microphone and headset will help.

There will be lots of builders speaking back and forth with their ElevenLabs agents. Expect a noisy room: bring a microphone and headphones or a headset so you can hear and test your project.

  • Laptop & chargerReady for an hour of hands-on building.
  • Microphone & headphones / headsetTest your voice agent without adding speaker noise to the room.
  • ElevenLabs accountSign in before the session so you can get started quickly.
  • Discord readyCreate and verify your Discord account, then follow the ElevenLabs credit-claim guide. Use the same email as your Luma registration. Credits are for eligible registered participants, subject to confirmation.

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Learner app ideas

These projects came from an earlier class breakout. Each offers a different place to try voice in the next prototype.

  • OHBaker · bakery production

    OHBaker turns orders into a two- to three-day baking forecast and delivery schedule. Try a spoken morning briefing so a baker can hear tomorrow’s prep list with both hands at the bench.

  • DORA · travel concierge

    DORA answers itinerary and packing questions for a sample Tokyo trip. Try asking “What’s on today?” and check the spoken answer against the itinerary.

  • Everyday Living · order enquiries

    This app helps a customer check an order’s status. Try speaking a sample order number, have the agent read it back for confirmation, then listen for the delivery update.

Explore the learners’ breakout board on Padlet ↗

Build one voice step

Start with your team’s prototype and one sample input.

  1. Choose the handoff

    Mark the trigger, input, AI step, output, quality check and human review on your team’s workflow. Circle the handoff you want to change. In the fictional MapleTech case, a customer describes their setup and an onboarding manager needs a short written brief.

  2. Connect voice to the prototype

    Use ElevenLabs to capture a spoken request or read the briefing aloud. Give Codex a sample input and the output your prototype expects. Ask it to connect that single step and show you how to run it.

  3. Test the part that could go wrong

    Try an ordinary request, then one with a missing detail. For MapleTech, mention a custom point-of-sale system. Check that the brief flags compatibility for a person to review before anyone promises an integration.

  4. Show the result

    Run one example for another team. Let them hear the input, inspect the output and see where a person accepts or corrects it. Ask which step, if any, got easier.

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Image, video and sound templates

For a two-template demo, try the same product photo in Creative poster and Relight. Compare the poster layout with the lighting variations. Generation times vary.

  1. Creative posterTurn a photo into a poster.
  2. Cinematic color gradingGive a photo a cinematic colour grade.
  3. RelightCompare eight lighting variations.
  4. 9 cinematic camera anglesExplore nine views from one image.
  5. Headshot generatorCreate a professional headshot from a photo.
  6. Sound effectsDescribe a sound in a text prompt.
  7. Editorial portrait collageBuild a multi-frame layout from a portrait.
  8. Duotone double exposure portraitTurn a photo into a two-tone portrait.
  9. Turn your photos into stylish illustrationsUse a photo and a prompt to make an illustration.
  10. Video dubbingUpload a video to create dubbed versions.

Codex resources

Start by opening your team’s project in Codex. The first video walks through bringing your work into the app.

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