Soket AI Labs has introduced DHRITH, an emotion-aware automatic speech recognition (ASR) system that represents a major leap forward in how technology understands the diversity of Indian speech. Developed entirely in India, DHRITH is designed to recognize not just words, but also the tone, emotion, and multilingual nuances that shape communication across the country’s vast linguistic landscape.
Built as part of Project EKΛ, an open-source foundation model supported by IndiaAI and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), DHRITH is a key step toward making India’s voice-driven data ecosystem more inclusive and contextually aware. Soket AI Labs emphasized the motivation behind the innovation, stating, “In India, most data doesn’t live in text – it lives in voice.” This insight underpins the company’s vision to bridge existing gaps in India’s ASR technology by enabling machines to process audio data that is “rich, expressive, and multilingual.”
At its core, DHRITH integrates emotion tagging, code-mixed fluency, speaker diarisation, and context-aware transcription—features that make it capable of interpreting the subtle emotional and cultural cues present in Indian conversations. The system can accurately transcribe speech that blends multiple languages, recognizes who is speaking and in what tone, and understands the context to provide more natural and human-like outputs.
Described as an ASR “designed to listen the way India speaks,” DHRITH stands out for its ability to mirror the authenticity and complexity of everyday communication in India—where English, Hindi, and regional languages often merge seamlessly within a single sentence. By integrating emotion and context, the model moves beyond traditional transcription, bringing human nuance into voice-based AI systems.
Soket AI Labs plans to make DHRITH available soon for research, enterprise applications, and developer integration, opening up possibilities for sectors ranging from customer service and accessibility tools to voice analytics and conversational AI. The launch signifies a transformative moment in India’s AI journey, aligning with the country’s broader ambition to build homegrown, open-source AI models that reflect its linguistic and cultural diversity.
With DHRITH, Soket AI Labs positions India at the forefront of emotionally intelligent and culturally adaptive AI, creating a foundation for a future where machines can truly understand the way India speaks.
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