India, Dec. 19 -- Bengaluru-based generative AI startup Gnani.ai has launched Vachana STT, a speech-to-text model built for Indian languages, under the IndiaAI Mission. The startup said the model has been trained on more than 1 Mn hours of real-world voice data and is part of its upcoming voice technology stack, VoiceOS.

Gnani.ai claims the model delivers lower error rates across several Indian languages compared to existing speech recognition systems. According to the startup, Vachana STT performs better in noisy, real-world conditions such as call centres and customer support environments, where audio quality is often poor.

The model supports multiple Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marat...