Ankur Shukla

iOS Apps - Wisdom & Dadly
Trying to be ramen profitable with my apps

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

I am developing an app #sansearch to provide relevant shlokas, chaupais and dohas with beautiful images of our devi/devatas. Your feedback can help me build better @6amiji @kushal_mehra @jsaideepak @Aabhas24 @AbhijitChavda @captain_praveen @AtriNeeraj @ARanganathan72 @haryannvi

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

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[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

Google's "Attention is All You Need" paper came from trying to get a 3% gain in Google Translate.

Innovation is a consequence of production. "If you don't make the thing, you cede your opportunity to innovate on the thing."

~ Palantir's CTO @ssankar

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@prathoshap Any plans to open source the ASR model?

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

Is this powered by the same model sir? Thanks for all your efforts

[prathosh A P @prathoshap]

Dream 2, realised - Introducing Vāgbodhini (वाग्बोधिनी)- a personalized tutor for Sanskrit.

1. Input any text (any script) and hear a flawless, metrically precise chant.

2. Chant it back and get instant, syllable-by-syllable phonetic feedback. 🧵

Link in the First Reply.

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

Proud moment

[DAE India @DAEIndia]

🇮🇳 India Tops the World at the 56th International Physics Olympiad 2026!

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[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@udbhava @prathoshap can we connect to discuss how to go big with these apps. we share common passion. i run https://t.co/wHiPjoFO0G and https://t.co/PBRq5xbFyz

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

well i could roll out a feature on my app https://t.co/wHiPjoFO0G using the model so it was important for me :)

[ANJALI ANKAD @anjali_ankad]

IISc Professor builds #Sanskrit chanting website.

But why it is important?

@prathoshap @MinOfCultureGoI

https://t.co/Yv2yYbDVQo

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@prathoshap kudos to you for your efforts sir. i have been working for some time in this space to create a tool/app for people to engage with our scriptures. hope to learn more from your work and improve the products

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@nithsub @prathoshap i can help you with training if you have the training data

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

This is genuinely excellent work by @prathoshap.

I used it to add live karaoke-style highlighting to every shloka in the Bhagavad Gita on Wisdom — watch each word light up as it's recited. Demo below 👇
read all shlokas and more on https://t.co/wHiPjoFO0G

[prathosh A P @prathoshap]

A 15-year-old dream has come true today. I started a PhD with the dream of creating a system that chants any Sanskrit shloka perfectly.

And here I am opening sourcing 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐮 - 𝐀 𝐯ṛ𝐭𝐭𝐚 (𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫) 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 ś𝐥𝐨𝐤𝐚-𝐭𝐨-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐭𝐨-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 (TTS) 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐭. This is the world's first vrutta-aware, open-source TTS for Sanskrit Chanting.

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@nithsub @prathoshap does this use the vagdhenu model or is it some other model?

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@nithsub @prathoshap Sounds awesome

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@prathoshap agreed. its a v1 for the app. happy to learn more on how can i improve it.

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@prathoshap correction tts_weight.tag_weights was used for weights

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@prathoshap the model returns the pada level (half verse) timestamps. i do a post processing steps using the tts_syllabify.py file in your repo to calculate the syllable weight of every word and then split the pada duration as per the weights. that got me decent results.

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@prathoshap i am spreading the word about the model and my app on reddit as well https://t.co/ZaK4ayA7CN

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@rama21094 @prathoshap @hrishikeshrt will check this out. happy to integrate this in wisdom app if the tool is available open source/api

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@rama21094 @prathoshap @hrishikeshrt the first link is not accessible

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

@prathoshap i am also applying some audio post-processing on the output that changes the frequency. added a bell sound and background music

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

My heartiest congratulations. Looking forward to use this in my Wisdom app

[prathosh A P @prathoshap]

A 15-year-old dream has come true today. I started a PhD with the dream of creating a system that chants any Sanskrit shloka perfectly.

And here I am opening sourcing 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐮 - 𝐀 𝐯ṛ𝐭𝐭𝐚 (𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫) 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 ś𝐥𝐨𝐤𝐚-𝐭𝐨-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐭𝐨-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 (TTS) 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐭. This is the world's first vrutta-aware, open-source TTS for Sanskrit Chanting.

[Ankur Shukla @thisisashukla]

proud alum

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Indian students are DIYing a semiconductor fab at IIT Bombay.

In just 10 months they've built:

1. A DLP-based lithography machine.
2. A tube furnace to oxidise silicon.
3. A DC plasma sputter.

Total cost: ₹30 lakh.

Here's a rare behind-the-scenes look at HackerFab IITB.