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Sarvam AI Launches Saaras V4 for Indian-Language Voice Applications

Saaras V4: Sarvam AI’s new speech recognition model adds 22 Indian languages, 5 speech formats · livemint.com

Sarvam AI has made a new computer model called Saaras V4.

It listens to speech and turns it into useful text.

The model understands English and 22 Indian languages.

It is designed to handle different accents, dialects, background noise and mixtures of languages.

It can write down speech, keep the exact words, change writing systems or translate the speech.

It can also work quickly while someone is speaking.

Sarvam AI says it was tested on English and Indian-language speech datasets.

Developers can use it through an API and software tools.

Key facts

Language support: English and 22 Indian languages
Speech modes: Verbatim, transcribe, codemix, translit and translate
Model architecture: An audio encoder paired with a 3-billion-parameter hybrid state-space language model
Language-identification error rate: 5.22% across 22 languages; 2.9% across the 10 most widely spoken Indian languages
Streaming speed: Reported time-to-first-token of less than 150 milliseconds
Audio processing: Supports real-time WebSocket streaming and long-form audio; Sarvam AI says multi-minute recordings can be processed in about one second
Developer access: Available through the Sarvam AI API, Python and Node.js SDKs, Vercel AI SDK, LiveKit Agents and Pipecat Agents

livemint.com · 2 hrs ago