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Maharshi — Voice Chat

Status: Beta — Maharshi is a work-in-progress. Voice features may evolve.

Speak with Maharshi, a wise Vedic sage who listens and responds with a spoken voice. The experience includes an ambient Omkaaram drone, cosmic-themed visuals, and curated side imagery.

Try it: veda-guru-ai-ui.vercel.app/maharshi

How it works

Tap the microphone and speak your question
Browser speech recognition converts your voice to text
Text is sent to the Maharshi persona LLM (Sarvam AI)
The sage’s response is spoken aloud via Sarvam AI Text-to-Speech (bulbul:v3)
Side image panels display relevant Vedic imagery from Wikipedia
A subtle Omkaaram drone plays in the background

Features

Feature	Detail
Omkaaram	Real CC0 Om chant (Freesound, 13.6s looped) with mute toggle
Voice meter	Real-time volume bar shows mic sensitivity
Speech-to-text	Browser Web Speech API with continuous listening
Text-to-speech	Sarvam AI Bulbul v3 (shubh voice, en-IN) with browser fallback
LLM	Sarvam AI `sarvam-105b` with Maharshi persona
Type input	Text input also available below the mic
Side imagery	Curated Wikipedia thumbnails matching Vedic concepts (50+ mappings)
Markdown	Response rendered with `marked.js` for rich formatting

Design

Full-screen immersive experience:

Background: Cosmic image (latest_bkg.png) covering the viewport
Glassmorphism: Frosted glass overlays for controls and response text
Side panels: Ethereal image panels with mix-blend-mode: screen blending
Responsive: Breakpoints at 1400px, 900px, 600px
Sound: Om chant loops at low volume; mute toggle in header

Tech

Page: maharshi.html (routed via vercel.json → /maharshi)
Logic: maharshi.js — speech recognition, TTS, image panel management
Styling: maharshi.css — cosmic background, glassmorphism, side panels, responsive
Endpoint: POST /api/sage (sage persona, spoken-word friendly, 2-4 sentence replies)
TTS endpoint: POST /api/tts (proxies to Sarvam AI bulbul:v3)
Images: Curated 50+ Vedic concept → Wikipedia page title mappings → prop=pageimages thumbnails
Om audio: om.mp3 — CC0 licensed, 13.6 seconds, auto-looped
Background: latest_bkg.png — cosmic full-page background