Building Sakhi: Hindi Voice-to-Form for India's ASHA Workers, Solo in Six Weeks
A developer built Sakhi, a Hindi voice-to-form application for India's community health workers, in six weeks. The system addresses challenges with unreliable cloud speech-to-text and intermittent connectivity in rural areas. Sakhi offers two modes: a workstation setup using Whisper and Gemma for voice transcription and data extraction, and an offline on-device mode on Android for text-based form filling and danger sign detection. AI
IMPACT Demonstrates practical application of LLMs and STT for underserved regions, potentially improving healthcare access and data collection.