IIT Madras’ BodhanAI launches AI model to transcribe 26 Indian languages

BodhanAI, an IIT Madras initiative, has launched Indic-Transcribe, a speech recognition model supporting 26 Indian languages and English. Trained on 1.2 billion parameters, it is designed to handle diverse Indian scripts, accents and mixed-language speech, including Sanskrit shlokas and railway announcements. It will be available on BodhanAI's website from September 5.