Indian Institute of Science Releases SraVaani
In August 2026, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru released the SraVaani, a multilingual speech recognition model for Indian languages.
What is SraVaani?
- Multilingual Indian Speech Recognition Model: It is the first multilingual Indian speech recognition model trained on 65 Indian languages and a dialect, including over 40 languages that today’s speech recognition systems do not officially support.
- Developed by: Indian Institute of Science (IISc)’s SPIRE Lab, in collaboration with ARTPARK and Google.
- Based on: Project Vaani, one of IISc’s major programmes to understand the linguistic diversity of India.
Key Features
- Language Composition: The model covers 20 scheduled languages and 45 ....
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