Apni AwaazHow to use Apni Awaaz
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Get started
- Download the app on an Android phone and open the file to install it. If Android asks, allow installs from your browser.
- Open Apni Awaaz and tap Create your account. Enter your name and a password of at least 8 characters.
- Pick your languages and how you like to talk: by typing, with cards, or by speaking. You can change all of this later on the Me tab.
- The app gives you an Apni Awaaz number. It's how you sign in, and how other people call you. Write it down with your password.
The app has four tabs: Cards, Talk, Call and Me.
Talk face to face
Use the Talk tab when you're with someone, at a shop, a clinic or a counter.
- Type what you want to say and tap send. The phone says it out loud, in the other person's language if you've set one.
- Tap Listen and hold the phone towards the other person. What they say appears as live captions in your language. Then answer with a reply, a card or your own words.
- Tap Show to turn the screen into large text, so the other person can read it.
Calls
Calls work between two people who both have Apni Awaaz, over the internet.
- On the Call tab, enter the other person's Apni Awaaz number, or save them as a contact.
- When they answer, they first hear that an AI voice is speaking. Every call says this.
- Type a reply or tap a suggested one. They hear it in your voice. What they say appears as captions.
- If they don't answer, you can leave a short missed-call note, typed or spoken. They see it as text.
Both phones need an internet connection. Calls aren't recorded.
Cards and emergency
The Cards tab has ready phrases for daily life, the clinic and travel. Tap one and it's spoken. Add, edit and order your own.
Emergency cards are at the top. One tap shows the message in large text and says it out loud. Emergency cards, and cards you've already spoken, work without an internet connection.
Your voice
Choose the voice that speaks for you on Me, then Voice:
- Shivani (female) or Avinash (male): natural stock voices, ready from day one.
- Your own voice: made from a short recording, only through a partner hospital. You need a code from the hospital, and you record whose voice it is and who gave consent. We never recreate the voice of someone who has died.
To set up your own voice: record at least 5 seconds of clear speech (up to 25 seconds is used). You can delete it at any time and go back to a stock voice.
Try your own voice while we're testing
Use this test code in place of a hospital's code: B8LC-C4J5 (Apni Awaaz Test Hospital). It's for testing only, not a real hospital.
Record only your own voice. Don't use a recording of anyone else, even with a video or voice note you have. Every call still tells the other person the voice is made by AI.
Limits
Apni Awaaz is free and in testing. These limits keep it running for everyone.
| What | Limit |
|---|---|
| Spoken replies and cards | 500 a day |
| Turning a recording into text | 300 a day |
| Live caption sessions (calls and Talk) | 40 a day |
| Listening on Talk | Stops after 10 minutes; tap Listen again to go on |
| Cards | 200, each up to 500 characters |
| Contacts | 500 |
| Name | Up to 80 characters |
| Password | 8 to 128 characters |
| Missed-call note | Up to 100 characters, within 10 minutes of the missed call, one every 10 minutes to the same person |
| Voice recording for your own voice | At least 5 seconds of speech; the first 25 seconds are used |
| Wrong hospital codes | 5 tries, then voice setup locks for that account |
| Wrong passwords | After 10 wrong tries, wait 15 minutes |
Daily limits reset at midnight UTC (5:30 in the morning in India).
Also good to know
- The app is for Android only for now.
- Odia works for reading, typing and cards, but not for speech yet.
- Calls only reach other Apni Awaaz users, not normal phone numbers.
- Captions and spoken replies need an internet connection.
Need help?
Email blackmoreprivate@gmail.com. See also the privacy policy and how to delete your account.