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Sahara v2 — 57-Language African Speech Recognition Platform

Sahara v2 is Intron multilingual speech recognition platform supporting 57 languages including 23 African languages and 500+ African accents, with world-first bilingual Swahili-…

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Company/Organization: Intron
Industry: Internet Software & Services
Location: Lagos

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Sahara v2 — 57-Language African Speech Recognition Platform

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Sahara v2 is Intron flagship voice AI platform supporting 57 languages including 23 African languages and over 500 distinct African accents. Built using over 14 million audio clips from 40,000+ speakers across 30 African countries. Features world-first bilingual Swahili-English automatic speech recognition model handling code-switching. Supports text-to-speech in local African languages including Hausa. Deployed via cloud and offline on Nvidia Jetson edge devices. Serves healthcare, legal, financial services, and telecom sectors across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Rwanda, and Uganda.

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https://techcabal.com/2026/03/05/intron-expands-sahara-to-57-languages/

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