Observed arrival · 2026-10-31
Zhagaram Labs is building speech models for Tamil first
A Tamil-first speech and language-model project, with an open benchmark and speech components described as in development.
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- Uraikal covers spoken Tamil, dialects, Tanglish, and ழ/ள/ல distinctions; the project says releases must outperform the previous version on its benchmark.
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The site frames Uraikal as a release gate, covering spoken Tamil, dialects, Tanglish, and distinctions among ழ, ள, and ல; nine regional score bands are described as planned. Its proposed pipeline separates listening (Sevi), language processing (Mozhi), and speech (Oli), and the page says shared conversations would improve training data only with consent. Kural is marked in progress, with an API-first release and a smaller open version planned.
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