Agora Dev Digest #5
Developers are using voice AI to help riders on the road, support everyday healthcare, and explain dashboard warning lights. This edition features three hackathon-winning projects, and a podcast on preserving meaning in real-time translation.
Demo Spotlight
Pillion: a voice co-pilot for riders
Jatin Vats built Pillion for delivery and bike-taxi riders. Agora RTC carries audio between the Android app and the Agora Conversational AI agent, which uses Sarvam for speech recognition and synthesis. Riders can ask about their next stop, nearby petrol stations, or earnings in Hindi, English, or Hinglish.
Sahara: voice support for everyday healthcare
Naimish Singh built Sahara, a voice AI prototype for elderly patients. Powered by Agora Conversational AI, it lets users ask about medicines, log a dose, set reminders, and record blood pressure or blood sugar readings in Hindi, Hinglish, or English.
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The prototype also includes an emergency workflow that sends WhatsApp alerts to family members.
DashLens: make sense of dashboard warning lights
Shubh’s DashLens uses Agora Conversational AI to combine a driver’s spoken question with live camera frames. Point the phone at the dashboard and ask what a warning light means. The agent can look up the car’s owner’s manual, ask a follow-up question, and explain the warning aloud.
Convo AI World Podcast
Real-Time Translation Masterclass: Preserving Meaning Across Languages
How do you translate a conversation before the speaker finishes a sentence? This episode brings together conversations on balancing speed and meaning, handling language switching, and accounting for dialects and cultural context. It also explores preserving a speaker’s voice and expression in translated video.
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