Indian language, Indic, has been in the digital space for a long time. There have been few companies that were into Indic as early as 2000. But lately, a few AI & Machine Learning companies too are supporting Indic in a big way.
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Research in Indian Languages (Digital)
- ELLORA: Microsoft Research Project ‘Enabling Low Resource Languages’ is finding ways to collect data to build language technology models that will conserve resources
Content Companies
- Pepper is the one-stop destination for vernacular content, voice and video.
Chatbots
- Dhee.ai: Chat and voice bot which enables businesses to engage, communicate and serve native language speakers in 10 Indian languages.
- Skit.ai: Chatbots for fintech in multiple Indian languages to automate your customer service operations.
Domain Names in Indian Languages
- Registry.in: .IN domain is available in 15 Indian languages.
eLearning, EdTech
- Guvi: Boost your career by learning in your native language to code
- Language Curry: Makes learning Indian languages easy, interactive, and culturally relevant for expats, tourists, international students, kids, domestic migrants, NRIs, and cultural enthusiasts.
- Teachmint: A virtual platform for 120K+ tutors in 1000 cities, in 10 Indian languages & a growing suite of teaching tools
Speech Recognition
- AI4Bharat has a deep focus on building state-of-the-art speech recognition in many Indian languages and in ensuring that the models are deployable on mobile devices.
- Gnani.ai: Voice assistant for your applications, supports multiple Indian languages. Also has a text-to-speech solution.
- Slang Labs: Slang is a voice experience development platform that provides the fastest way for mobile app developers to build out a multi-lingual, multi-modal voice experience with natural multi-step conversations right inside any mobile app.
- Voxta: “Mobile Alexa” voice assistant app in Indian languages.
Translators
With the demand for Indic content rise, individuals and corporates are looking for translation services.
- AI4Bharat: Machine Translation, Machine Transliteration, Chitralekha (video transcription)
- Prabandhak: A Cloud-based AI-powered Translation Management Hub
- Process9: MOX Wave is a cloud-based machine translation and transliteration system supporting Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Mox Gateway automatically translates your existing website to other Indian languages.
Indic Fonts
In the 1990s and early 2000s, devices (PCs, mobiles) did not support Indian languages. Today, Android and iOS devices have Indic fonts built-in, which has made reading easier. However, many publishers wish to use third-party fonts to improve rendering quality.
Indic Focussed Portals, Apps
- Oneindia: The earliest player in Indic space focussed on news, entertainment, lifestyle, technology, education, travel and personal finance
- DailyHunt: The most popular news aggregator app in India, supporting all Indian languages.
- InShorts: Excellent UI/UX. News summarized in 60 works.
- Kaagaz: Document Scanner, PDF Reader, PDF Editor, Document Manager, & Cloud Storage all rolled into one.
- KahaniBox: Hindi Story Game
- Lokal: Telugu news from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana covering Vijayawada, Warangal, Suryapet, Nalgonda, Huzurnagar, Kodad, Miryalaguda and Devarakonda regions
- Matrubharti is a community of Indian language lovers, it is a place for content creators and consumers to celebrate Indian literature and culture
- myUpchar: Health content in Hindi.
- Pratilipi: Storytelling platform, read and write stories in your language
- Rocket Post Live: The first paid Hindi news on Whatsapp
- ShareChat: The most popular Indic chatting platform in India
- Sutradhar: Stories from Ancient India
Indian Language Videos
- JoshTalks: Watch India’s most incredible stories in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi and Telugu on Josh Talks – Get Motivated and Get Inspired!
- Roposo: A video app in 9 Indian languages
Indic Software Development Companies
- Agrahyah: is building a suite of Web, Mobile, and Voice products ground up in multiple languages. Products include Calculators, Alexa apps.
Also see Indian Language Podcasts