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@@ -10,7 +10,18 @@ This is a listening and speaking language learning app.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- Nothing
+- [MySQL Community Server 8.0.30](https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/) or higher
+- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 18.4.0 or higher
+- npm 8.13.2 or higher
+
+## Prerequisites for Text-to-Speech
+
+- Set up [Google Cloud Text-to-Speech](https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech)
+
+## Prerequisites for Translation
+
+- Set up [DeepL API](https://www.deepl.com/pro-api?cta=header-pro-api/)
+
 
 ## Setting up the project
 
@@ -27,13 +38,25 @@ cd /talk
 npm install
 ```
 
-## Run locally
+2. Create a database named twitter-app
+3. Create a .env file by copying .env.example at the top level of the project
+4. rewrite the env file.
+5. Push the initial schema to the database:
+
+```bash
+npx prisma db push
+```
+
+6. Run locally
 
 ```bash
 # Start the server and open the app in a new browser tab
 npm run dev -- --open
 ```
 
+7. Insert initial data only for the first time
+- visit http://localhost:5173/init_db 
+
 ## Feedback
 
 👉 [**Ask a question**](https://github.com/sinProject-Inc/talk/discussions/new)