January 07, 2021 For English and Hindi speaking gadget users, tools like Siri, Alexa, and the Google Assistant come in handy. From culling out phone numbers, making calls, and getting answers for search queries, these artificial intelligence-based solutions have emerged as virtual secretaries. It is not the same case with the users in regional languages. The basic problem is scarcity of voice data samples in the databases. “You need to have datasets containing speech is crucial. In order to address this challenge, we have launched a pilot with a set of users,” an executive of International Institute of Information of Technology (IIIT-H) said.