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Saaras
Saaras is Sarvam AI's speech-to-text model for transcribing, translating, and processing speech in Indian languages.
Saaras converts speech to text through REST, WebSocket, and batch APIs. It supports transcription, translation, verbatim output, transliteration, and code-mixed speech across Indian languages and English.
It is designed for developers building voice assistants, call-center tools, captioning systems, and multilingual applications. Usage is billed by audio duration; batch diarization costs more. It is not presented as a standalone consumer chat app.
Features
- Speech-to-text for 22 Indian languages and English
- Transcribe, translate, verbatim, translit, and codemix output modes
- REST, WebSocket, and batch processing endpoints
- Streaming speech recognition
- Batch transcription for longer audio files
- Batch diarization with speaker identification
- Supports code-mixed and regional speech
Use cases
- Build multilingual voice assistants
- Transcribe customer-support and call-center recordings
- Generate captions for Indian-language audio and video
- Translate spoken content between supported languages
- Analyze speakers in recorded conversations
Pros
Cons
Latest updates
- Introducing Sarvam Prism
Introduced Sarvam Prism.
- Introducing Bulbul V4 Flash (V4 Flash)
Introduced Bulbul V4 Flash.
- Introducing Saaras V4 (V4)
- Sarvam Vision 2.1: Pushing the Pareto frontier of document intelligence (2.1)
Sarvam Vision 2.1 adds structured extraction and Indic handwritten recognition.
- Introducing Saaras V4 (V4)
Introduced Saaras V4 for multilingual ASR.
Capabilities
- Speech to text — “Speech recognition for 22 Indian languages and English, with five output modes including transcribe, translate, and codemix.” source
- Many languages — “Speech recognition for 22 Indian languages and English, with five output modes including transcribe, translate, and codemix.” source
- API — “Integrate Saaras v4 into your application with a simple API key from the Sarvam AI dashboard” source
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Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “Complete data residency in India. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified.” source
- SOC 2 — “Complete data residency in India. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified.” source
- ISO 27001 — “We're ISO 27001:2022 certified and hold SOC 2 Type II.” source
- Not trained on your data — “Customer data is never used to train models for other customers” source
Pricing
- Starting price
- ₹9999/mo
- Prices checked
- 2026-10-25
Pay as you go
Free
- No monthly commitment
- Universal credits across supported APIs
- Add credits as needed
Pro
- ₹9,999 /month
- Universal credits across supported APIs
- Monthly subscription comes back in full as credits
- Add more credits any time
Growth
- ₹49,999 /month
- Universal credits across supported APIs
- Monthly subscription comes back in full as credits
- Add more credits any time
Business
- ₹1,99,999 /month
- Universal credits across supported APIs
- Monthly subscription comes back in full as credits
- Add more credits any time
Enterprise
Price on request
- Tailored limits, throughput, pricing, and support
- Higher rate limits on every API
- Custom concurrency & throughput
- Volume discounts on credits
- Dedicated support & SLAs