Bhashini Powers Lok Sabha Speaker’s Real-Time Translation System Ahead of Panchayat to Parliament 2.0

Ahead of the Panchayat to Parliament 2.0 event, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducted a live demonstration of the Sansad-Bhashini Speech-to-Speech translation system. The test, carried out in collaboration with the Bhashini team, included the participation of women representatives from Panchayats.

Birla demonstrated how the Sansad-Bhashini system aims to enable seamless, real-time speech translations during the event, ensuring effective communication across language barriers. The initiative is expected to enhance inclusivity by allowing all participants to engage without linguistic constraints.

In the LinkedIn post, Bhashini powered translation system was able to offer Hindi-to-six regional languages translation in almost real-time with minimal latency. The languages include Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Odia, Marathi, and Malayalam.

The government’s AI-powered language translation platform, Bhashini, is also translating the daily agenda papers of the Parliament into 10 regional languages. The team has already translated around 1,000 debates into Hindi and English by digitising 18,000 hours of speech data.

Amitabh Nag, the CEO of Bhashini, said in a post that this is the beginning of a historic co-creation journey with Indian Parliament for Sansad-Bhashini. 

Earlier last year, Bhashini also announced that it is powering the Kumbh Sahayak App for Maha Kumbh Mela 2025. The chatbot which would run on WhatsApp would be powered by the Bhashini and Krutrim, offering information in over 10 languages. 

In July 2024, Bhashini translated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2024 speech into Hindi in real-time. This initiative aimed to make the budget presentation more accessible to a wider audience across the nation’s diverse linguistic landscape.

Bhashini, which has recently reduced its translation lag from 6 seconds to 1-2 seconds, provided simultaneous captions during the Finance Minister’s budget speech. This technological advancement is expected to enhance understanding and engagement with the budget among non-Hindi-speaking citizens.