Dehradun, Oct. 22 -- Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday launched a voice collection portal to bring Garhwali, Kumaoni and Jaunsari, three regional languages of the state, to AI platforms and help preserve them for future generations.

The campaign was launched at the chief minister's camp office under the 'Bhasha AI' initiative of the AI Strategic Engineering (AiSE) Foundation, where Dhami recorded a voice clip in Kumaoni. The initiative aims to build a repository of words, pronunciations, voices and speaking styles in the three languages so that AI-based technologies can eventually understand and communicate in them.

CM Dhami said modern technology would be "crucial for preserving Uttarakhand's folk languages, folk arts, cul...