Noel George
Vineet Kushwaha
Shyamkrishna
Abhishek KM
Rahul Vashist

SaarthiAI is an AI-powered voice assistant designed to help citizens discover and apply for government schemes with ease.

✨ What it does:

• Listens to user queries in Kannada and English
• Provides voice responses to guide users through scheme details and application steps

• Voice Interaction:
  Supports input and output in Kannada and English for inclusive communication.

• Data Source & Processing:
  → Pulls data from official portals like MyScheme and India.gov.in
  → Cleans and structures scheme details (name, description, eligibility, state, sector, apply_link)
  → Uses sentence transformers to embed and enable meaningful search.

• Architecture:
  🔧 Backend: Node.js + TypeScript for robust API handling
  🧠 AI Engine: Vector store built from schemes.json
  🎙 Speech Layer: ToughTongue AI, with fine-tuned models
  🎨 Frontend: Vite + React + TailwindCSS for a responsive, mobile-friendly experience

• Vite
• React
• TypeScript
• TailwindCSS
• Node.js
• ToughTongue AI
• Chatbase API

• Source: MyScheme, India.gov.in
• Preprocessed Schemes: PMEGP, AIF, DAY-NULM, NSAP, MUDRA
• Storage: Local JSON file for offline access

✅ Mobile-responsive
✅ User-friendly UI with mic animations
✅ Offline access
✅ Multilingual voice support
✅ Community-focused: Built to empower citizens