Smart India Hackathon - 2022

Problem Details

Problem Statement

AD976 - Sanskrit Voice to Text and interface in Google Engine

Category

Software

Domain Bucket

Heritage and Culture

Ministry/Organisation Name

Indian Knowledge System (IKS) All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

Institute Name

Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal

Team Details

Project Name

VAKPRATYABHIJNA

Why we selected this problem statement?

It connects us to our roots and promote Sanskrit as a language.
Google supports 119 languages for voice to text but Sanskrit not yet one of them.
Sanskrit has many languages derive from it but due to lack of technical information, it is getting extinct.
The ancient texts can tackle many real-world challenges which can aid advancement in science and technology.
It is difficult to search for Sanskrit text online.
Accessibility of Sanskrit language is the main problem.

Applications / Results of Hackathon

Chrome Extension / Plugin - https://github.com/Chaitanya31612/SIH_2022_Plugin
Web Application - https://github.com/Chaitanya31612/SIH_Frontend_webapp
Backend / Machine Learning - https://github.com/PeaPals/Smart-India-Hackathon-2022
Android Application - https://github.com/hnhparitosh/SIH_Android_App

Tech Stack

Functioning

Snapshots

Applications

Can be used to teach Sanskrit to students and improve their pronunciation.
Can be used to generate subtitles for Sanskrit language.
Can help to prevent data digitally making it more searchable and accessible.
It can be used to digitalise Vedas, Puranas, and other gharanth and sahetyas.

Future Scope

Increase accuracy of the machine learning model.
Make editor more robust and provide useful suggestions to the user.
Enhance scalability of our application both horizontal and vertical.
Contact with google officials for integration.

Team Profiles