About the program

Provide a brief description of the feature including why it is needed and what it will accomplish Ask A Question is a free and opensource tool created to help nonprofit organizations governments in developing nations and social sector organizations utilize Large Language Models for responding to citizen inquiries in their native languages Create new voice response API the API will allow users to send questions and receive responses from AAQ using voice notes This will increase the accessibility of AAQ to users for whom speakinglistening is easier than writingreading Goals MidPoint Milestone Goals By midpoint Develop an API endpoint in AAQ for sending queries in text and receiving responses in voice texttospeech TTS The first iteration may use an external TTS API Develop a TTS service for AAQ using an opensource model that can replace an external TTS API By project end Develop an API endpoint for sending questions as voice notes and receiving responses as voice notes speechtotext texttospeech Integrate the TTS service into AAQ infrastructure on AWS Publish a short blog post on AAQ website about the changes For every goal listed there will be a few rounds of designfeedbackimplementation with support from the mentors and wider AAQ team You will be given access to our testing environment on AWS Expected Outcome AAQ users can query the voice endpoints for voice questions andor voice response This can be seamlessly integrated into AAQs chat flow manager of choice AAQ users have an option to use an opensource TTS STT model instead of an external API

Perks

1. Lucrative stipend of INR 1 lakh over a period of 3 months 2. Dedicated 11 mentorship by industry experts 3. Handson experience to hone your skills 4. Access to bootcamps and expert sessions 5. Potential job extended internship opportunities 6. Opportunity to network with global opensource tech leaders

Who can apply?

Only those candidates can apply who:

1. are from Any,
2. and specialisation from Any,
3. are available for duration of 3 Months
4. have relevant skills and interests

Terms of Engagement

1. 50000 received on completion of midpoint milestone as decided with mentor 2. 50000 received on completion of final milestone as decided with mentor 3. Certificate of completion received on successful completion of internship

Number of openings

1