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Government develops AI text-to-speech models for Sourashtra language
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology announced on 16 October 2026 that the Digital India BHASHINI Division, with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has developed Text-to-Speech (TTS) models for the Sourashtra language. These AI models can generate speech from text in both Tamil and Sourashtra scripts using male and female voices.
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- 16 October 2026
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