AI voice agent in Tamil
Spoken Tamil is not written Tamil, and callers notice the difference in a second. The agent speaks the everyday Tamil of a phone call, English words and all, and you can hear it on the example calls below.
Kavya
Tamil · Tamil Nadu
“வணக்கம்! நான் காவ்யா, வாக்யோவிலிருந்து பேசுகிறேன். உங்கள் ஆர்டர் பற்றி அழைத்தேன். இப்போது இரண்டு நிமிடம் பேசலாமா?”On the phone
How Tamil sounds on a call
Tamil has a wide gap between the written language and what people say. "Naalaikku saayangaalam koopidunga" is how a caller asks for a call-back, not the textbook form, and English verbs come with Tamil endings: drive panren, cancel pannunga.
Respect is carried by -nga at the end of a verb: sollunga, vaanga. The agent uses it with every caller, and says ₹1,500 as "aayirathu ainooru", the way it's said aloud.
Phrasebook
Three lines from a Tamil call
- 01Caller
நாளைக்கு சாயங்காலம் கூப்பிடுங்க, இப்போ டிரைவ் பண்றேன்.
Naalaikku saayangaalam koopidunga, ippo drive panren.
“Call me tomorrow evening, I'm driving now.”
Books the call-back for that time and calls again, inside your calling hours.
- 02Caller
அட்ரஸ் மாறிடுச்சு, இப்போ கோயில் பக்கத்துல இருக்கேன்.
Address maaridichu, ippo koyil pakkathula irukken.
“The address has changed: I'm near the temple now.”
Saves the new address and landmark as fields, sent to your system after the call.
- 03Agent
உங்க ஆர்டர் ஆயிரத்து ஐநூறு ரூபாய், டெலிவரி அப்போ கொடுக்கணும்.
Unga order aayirathu ainooru rupaai, delivery appo kodukkanum.
“Your order is ₹1,500, to be paid on delivery.”
Says amounts, dates and times in words, the way a person would on the phone.
Listen
Example calls in Tamil
Scripted example calls, spoken with the Indian voices Vaakyo agents use. Tap an orb to play one; tap a line to jump to it.
Clinic appointment booking · Tamil
Priya books a skin specialist appointment for a new patient in Chennai and sends a confirmation.
Where it's spoken
6.9 crorepeople speak Tamil as their first language (Census of India 2011)
- States
- Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
- Businesses call customers in
- Chennai · Coimbatore · Madurai · Tiruchirappalli · Salem · Tiruppur · Vellore · Puducherry
Setting it up
An agent for Tamil callers
Set the voice language to Tamil and pick a Tamil voice. Ask in the prompt for spoken Tamil, not formal written Tamil, and use a multilingual transcriber: Chennai callers mix in a lot of English.
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- Choosing speech models for Indian languagesThe transcriber and the voice decide how an agent sounds and how well it understands. What to compare, and how to test them on your own calls.Read the guide
- Payment and EMI reminder calls that customers don't resentReminder calls work when they are polite, timely and useful. How to set up reminders before and after the due date, record promises to pay and stay within fair-practice rules.Read the guide
- Setting up an appointment booking agent for a clinicA front desk agent that answers every call, books and moves appointments and never gives medical advice. The setup, the tools and the guardrails.Read the guide
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