Kannada · ಕನ್ನಡ
An AI voice agent that speaks Kannada.
Callers in Bengaluru switch between Kannada, English and often Hindi. A Kannada agent writes each reply in Kannada script, speaks it in a voice recorded in Kannada or in Cartesia Sonic, and understands the English words callers mix in.
What a caller hears.
A greeting as the agent writes it, in Kannada, before the voice speaks it.
ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ! ನಾನು ನಿಮಗೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು?
Hello! How can I help you?Voices that speak it.
Choose the engine, then the voice; listen to a sample before you pick.
- Cartesia Sonic 3.6. Speaks every language on the list, with speed and tone controls.
- Sarvam Bulbul v4. Voices recorded in Kannada, in many speaking styles.
Engines that hear it.
What turns the caller’s speech into text for the agent to read.
- GPT Transcribe. From OpenAI, in every language.
- Sarvam Saaras v4. Built for Indian languages.
Good to know about Kannada.
- Run one agent for all three: keep it in English with a Cartesia or Sarvam voice, and start each call in the caller’s language with
language: "kn"or"hi". - Both transcription engines hear Kannada: GPT Transcribe, and Sarvam’s Saaras, built for Indian languages.
Start a call in Kannada.
Save the agent in Kannada in the studio, or keep it as it is and hold one call in Kannada by sending its code when the call starts.
One call in Kannada
curl -X POST "https://goblins-call-api.onrender.com/v1/calls" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CRACKLE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "agentId": "ua_3f9a1c2b", "language": "kn" }'The agent’s voice must be Cartesia Sonic or a Sarvam Bulbul voice; any other voice is answered 400 UNSUPPORTED_LANGUAGE. GPT Transcribe or Sarvam Saaras hears the caller. This applies only to a call held in a language other than the agent’s own.
Questions.
Can a Kannada caller use English words?
Yes. Every agent listens for English as well as its own language, so a sentence that mixes the two is understood.
Can one agent take calls in Kannada and in other languages?
Yes, in two ways. Save the agent in Kannada and every call starts in it. Or keep the agent as it is and hold one call in Kannada by sending language: "kn" when you start it. The agent’s voice must be Cartesia Sonic or a Sarvam Bulbul voice; any other voice is answered 400 UNSUPPORTED_LANGUAGE. GPT Transcribe or Sarvam Saaras hears the caller. This applies only to a call held in a language other than the agent’s own.
What does a call in Kannada cost?
The same as in any other language: $0.07 a minute, whichever voice and model, billed by the second.
Other languages.
Give your agent a voice in Kannada.
Build one in the studio and talk to it in your browser. Sign-up credit is there for your first test calls.