Sarvam AI: India's Sovereign AI Platform With 11-Language TTS, Voice Agents — A Complete Guide for Creators

Sarvam AI — India's sovereign AI platform with 11-language text-to-speech

If you create content for Indian audiences — or want to reach the 500+ million people who speak Indian languages — Sarvam AI might be the most important AI platform you haven't heard of yet. Built and operated entirely in India, it's not just another API wrapper. It's a full-stack sovereign AI platform powering everything from enterprise voice agents to multilingual content creation.

What Is Sarvam AI?

Sarvam AI describes itself as "AI for all from India" — built on sovereign compute, powered by frontier-class models, and designed to deliver population-scale impact. It's ISO certified and SOC 2 Type II compliant, making it enterprise-ready. Major Indian companies like Tata Capital already use it to run multilingual customer conversations at scale.

The platform has three pillars:

  • Population-scale Applications — Conversational agents fluent in India's languages (Sarvam Samvaad), enterprise workflow automation (Sarvam Studio)
  • State-of-the-art Models — Bulbul (TTS), Saaras, Dub (dubbing), Audio, Vision
  • Sovereign Infrastructure — Full control, built and operated entirely in India

The Text-to-Speech API (Bulbul v3) — Deep Dive

The most creator-relevant feature is Sarvam's Text-to-Speech API powered by Bulbul v3. Here's what it offers:

Languages Supported (11 Indian Languages)

Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, and English (Indian accent)

25+ Natural Voices

Choose from a rich voice library including: Aditya, Ritu, Priya, Neha, Rahul, Pooja, Rohan, Simran, Kavya, Amit, Dev, Ishita (Entertainment/Dynamic), Shreya (News/Authoritative), Ratan, Varun, Manan (Conversational), Sumit, Roopa, Kabir, Aayan, Shubh (Conversational/Friendly), Ashutosh, Advait, Amelia, Sophia

Voice Control Parameters

  • Pace: 0.5x to 2x speed
  • Temperature: 0.01 to 1.0 for output variability
  • Audio formats: MP3, WAV, AAC, OPUS, FLAC, PCM, MULAW, ALAW
  • Sample rates: 8kHz, 16kHz, 22.05kHz, 24kHz

API Options

  • REST API — Best for quick conversions up to 500 characters. Simple HTTP request, get audio back.
  • Streaming API (WebSocket) — Real-time, low-latency audio for voice agents and live applications. Supports up to 2,500 characters per request.

How to Get Started with Sarvam AI TTS

  1. Sign up at dashboard.sarvam.ai — free tier available
  2. Get your API key from the dashboard
  3. Make a REST API call:
POST https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech
{
  "inputs": ["नमस्ते, मैं आपकी कैसे मदद कर सकता हूँ?"],
  "target_language_code": "hi-IN",
  "speaker": "meera",
  "model": "bulbul:v3"
}
  1. Get back a base64-encoded audio file in your chosen format
  2. Check the full developer docs for advanced options

Creator Use Cases: Why This Matters for You

🎙️ Podcasters

Create multilingual versions of your podcast automatically. Record in Hindi, get instant Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali audio versions. Reach 4x the audience with one recording. With Sarvam's dubbing API, preserve your original voice characteristics across languages.

📹 YouTubers & Video Creators

Dub your YouTube videos into 11 Indian regional languages with natural-sounding voices. No more robotic Google Translate TTS. Sarvam's Bulbul v3 handles code-switching (mixing Hindi and English naturally) and gets Indian names and places right — something generic TTS systems consistently fail at.

📚 Online Course Creators

Build courses in one language, instantly generate professional voiceovers in 10 others. Imagine a coding course available in Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali — each with a natural educator voice — without hiring 10 different voice artists.

🎬 Content Marketers & Ad Creators

Generate high-quality multilingual voiceovers for ads, promotional videos, and brand content. Use the Expressive voice mode for emotional, engaging ads, or Instructional mode for training and explainer content. Control pace and tone to match your brand voice exactly.

📱 App & Chatbot Developers

Build voice-enabled apps in Indian languages. Sarvam's streaming WebSocket API delivers real-time audio for voice chatbots — with a 2B+ character daily processing capacity and 80K+ developers already building on the platform. Deploy a voice agent in under 10 minutes with plug-and-play integrations.

📰 News & Media Publishers

Convert articles to audio automatically in regional languages. The Shreya voice (News/Authoritative) is specifically tuned for news reading with proper pronunciation of numbers, abbreviations, and acronyms — essential for financial and political news.

Platform Stats

  • 2B+ characters generated daily
  • 11 Indian languages supported
  • 80,000+ developers on the platform
  • 25+ unique voices in Bulbul v3
  • ISO Certified + SOC 2 Type II

The Bottom Line

If you're creating content for India — or want to reach the hundreds of millions of Indians who consume media in their native language — Sarvam AI is a genuinely powerful tool that's been flying under the radar. The combination of authentic Indian-language TTS, code-switching support, correct Indian name pronunciation, and a creator-friendly API makes it one of the most practical AI tools for the Indian market. Try the free tier at dashboard.sarvam.ai.