PROJECT #SAATHI-VCodeBetaApache-2.0Public workspace
Saathi Voice AI
On-device open-source voice assistant supporting 14 Indic languages, running entirely on sub-$35 Raspberry Pi and RISC-V SBCs.
STAGE
Beta
Next: Field Trial in 25 Community Centers
FUNDING
₹1,80,000
Goal: ₹1,80,000
SQUAD
2 active
1 role open
ACTIVITY
1 update
Last update: 11 Nov 2026
About
Saathi brings low-latency, offline voice AI to rural health clinics and public kiosks across India without sending private patient recordings over the internet.
Squad leads
Arjun MenonFirmware Dev
Quantizing Whisper-small and Piper TTS models for NPU acceleration.
PyTorchONNXQuantizationWhisper
Resources & bill of materials
1 items
| Item | Qty | Specification | Est. Cost | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Pi 5 Plus NPU Dev Boards | 4 | RK3588 with 6 TOPS NPU | ₹60,000 | Funded |
Updates
1 posts
squad-call8 Nov 2026
Saathi Voice AI is recruiting Bhojpuri & Maithili phonetics contributors
We are expanding Saathi to rural community healthcare centers in Bihar and eastern UP. We need native dialect speakers and computational phoneticians to help audit acoustic tokens and phoneme transitions.
#speech-ai#indic-nlp#open-roles#bounty
Open roles
1 OPEN
Code₹25,000
Bhojpuri & Maithili Phonetics Contributor
Audit vocabulary pronunciations for dialect accuracy.
LinguisticsAudio LabelingPhonology