VoicERA, an open-source voice AI stack, launched on BHASHINI at India AI Impact Summit
The Digital India BHASHINI Division launched VoicERA, an open-source, end-to-end voice AI stack, on the BHASHINI National Language Infrastructure at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi on 18 February 2026.
Summary
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) under MeitY launched VoicERA, an open-source, end-to-end voice AI stack, on the BHASHINI National Language Infrastructure at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi on 18 February 2026. The launch was led by DIBD CEO Amitabh Nag with EkStep Foundation, in collaboration with COSS, IIIT Bengaluru and AI4Bharat. VoicERA is designed to be open, pluggable, interoperable and deployable on cloud or on premises, extending BHASHINI from translation to real-time speech systems, conversational AI and multilingual telephony for citizen services.
Key facts
- Date
- 18 February 2026, India AI Impact Summit, New Delhi
- Launched by
- Digital India BHASHINI Division (MeitY)
- What
- VoicERA — open-source end-to-end voice AI stack
- Partners
- EkStep Foundation, COSS, IIIT Bengaluru, AI4Bharat
- Platform
- BHASHINI National Language Infrastructure
Practice MCQs 1 questions
VoicERA, launched at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on 18 February 2026, is:
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Correct answer: C — An open-source end-to-end voice AI stack on BHASHINI
VoicERA is an open-source, end-to-end voice AI stack deployed on the BHASHINI National Language Infrastructure by the Digital India BHASHINI Division.