The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched VoicERA, an open-source, end-to-end Voice AI stack, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. Deployed on the BHASHINI National Language Infrastructure, VoicERA establishes a national execution layer for multilingual Voice and Language AI. Designed to be open, pluggable, interoperable, cloud-deployable, and on-premises ready, the platform enables secure and scalable deployment of voice systems across government, research institutions, and innovation ecosystems.

Modularising the voice stack reduces duplication of effort and eliminates vendor lock-in. The integration of VoicERA strengthens BHASHINI’s role as India’s national language infrastructure, expanding its capabilities from translation and language technologies to real-time speech systems, conversational AI, and multilingual telephony at a population scale.