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# Sarvam AI STT

> Configure Sarvam AI speech-to-text for Indian languages in assistant-api.

Sarvam AI specialises in Indian languages — Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and more.

**Provider identifier:** `sarvamai`

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## Vault Credential

| Key   | Description                                                               |
| ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `key` | Sarvam AI API key from [dashboard.sarvam.ai](https://dashboard.sarvam.ai) |

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## Setup

<Steps>
  <Step title="Get a Sarvam AI API key">
    Sign in at [dashboard.sarvam.ai](https://dashboard.sarvam.ai) → **API Keys**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add to Rapida vault">
    In the Rapida dashboard → **Credentials → Create Credential**, select provider **Sarvam AI**, enter `key` = your API key.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure the assistant">
    In the assistant settings → **STT Provider**, select **Sarvam AI**.

    | Option     | Example      | Description                               |
    | ---------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
    | `language` | `hi-IN`      | BCP-47 language code (Hindi, Tamil, etc.) |
    | `model`    | `saarika:v1` | Sarvam model variant                      |
  </Step>
</Steps>

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<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Sarvam AI TTS" icon="volume" href="/opensource/services/assistant-api/tts/sarvamai">
    Sarvam AI text-to-speech for Indian languages
  </Card>

  <Card title="STT Overview" icon="audio-waveform" href="/opensource/services/assistant-api/stt/overview">
    All STT providers
  </Card>
</CardGroup>