Liv.Ai: Giving voice to a billion people

Liv.Ai makes speech recognition software that allows people to transact in their native languages

Kishore Mundra, Subodh Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar,   co-founders of Liv Artificial Intelligence
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Kishore Mundra, Subodh Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar, co-founders of Liv Artificial Intelligence

Ranju Sarkar
Many customers calling phone banking numbers of a bank hate wading through automated messaging before they can find their way. Soon, however, if you have lost a credit or debit card, you can simply say ‘block my card’ in your native language and the bank will instantly do this.
 
Similarly, elderly people find it difficult to type on touchscreen phones to use services like WhatsApp or e-mail. Soon, they could speak in their local language and a software would convert their speech into text.

First Published: Aug 20 2017 | 11:47 PM IST

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