{"slug": "how-i-revived-voiceassist-ai-adding-kannada-urdu-support-with-github-copilot", "title": "How I Revived VoiceAssist AI: Adding Kannada & Urdu Support with GitHub Copilot", "summary": "A developer used GitHub Copilot to expand VoiceAssist AI, a multilingual voice assistant for Indian bank counters, from 6 to 8 languages by adding Kannada and Urdu support. Copilot automatically generated a pull request that implemented Devanagari and Persian/Arabic script detection, TTS fallback handling, and updated the frontend language list. The update enables voice input for both languages via Whisper STT and includes a full verification flow.", "body_md": "VoiceAssist AI is a multilingual voice assistant I built for bank branch counters during the iDEA 2.0 hackathon. It lets customers speak in their native language while bank staff respond in English — bridging the language gap in Indian banking.\n\nThe app supported 6 languages but was missing Kannada and Urdu — two major Indian languages covering millions of bank customers. The code also had no proper script detection for non-Latin scripts.\n\nI asked Copilot to analyze the repo and suggest what was missing. It identified the language gaps, then automatically created a PR adding Kannada Devanagari script detection, Urdu Persian/Arabic script detection, TTS fallback handling, and updated the frontend language list from 6 to 8 languages.\n\nLanguages expanded: 6 → 8\n\nKannada + Urdu voice input via Whisper STT\n\nProper Unicode script detection\n\nFull verification flow in both languages\n\nGitHub: [https://github.com/rohan-jadhav-dev/voiceassist-ai](https://github.com/rohan-jadhav-dev/voiceassist-ai)\n\nLive: [https://voiceassist-ai.vercel.app](https://voiceassist-ai.vercel.app)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-revived-voiceassist-ai-adding-kannada-urdu-support-with-github-copilot", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/rohan_jadhav_08594db53fa8/how-i-revived-voiceassist-ai-adding-kannada-urdu-support-with-github-copilot-1982", "published_at": "2026-06-04 07:35:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-04 07:41:42.315517+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "natural-language-processing", "generative-ai", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["VoiceAssist AI", "GitHub Copilot", "Whisper STT", "iDEA 2.0", "Kannada", "Urdu", "GitHub", "Vercel"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-revived-voiceassist-ai-adding-kannada-urdu-support-with-github-copilot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-revived-voiceassist-ai-adding-kannada-urdu-support-with-github-copilot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-revived-voiceassist-ai-adding-kannada-urdu-support-with-github-copilot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-revived-voiceassist-ai-adding-kannada-urdu-support-with-github-copilot.jsonld"}}