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NEW DELHI: The inauguration of the state-of-the-art new Parliament building is likely to coincide with the launch of ‘Digital Sansad’, the Lok Sabha secretariat’s ambitious plan to create first-of-its-kind digital platform that will not only give legislators easy access to all parliamentary records, but also use AI-based technology for real-time transcription of House proceedings in 22 scheduled regional languages.
The “One Nation, One Application” platform is intended to allow MPs quick access to Parliament resources through the portal’s ‘Knowledge Management System’ while the secretariat will be able to disseminate information online.
The portal will facilitate end-to-end digital communication between ministries and Parliament, and for citizens, it will facilitate easy access to parliamentary business and other associated information.
It has weaved in advanced AI-based ‘speech-to-text’ conversion engines that can translate parliamentary proceedings in real time. This will mean that transcripts currently created by the reporting branch of Parliament secretariat will now benefit from the support of a “continually evolving” system that can create an accurate transcript of the proceedings of the House, using an audio feed of the proceedings, catering to the diversity.
The portal, which will eventually link all 31 state assemblies, is also using emerging technologies like automatic indexing and tagging of files to improve search responses. The portal will also introduce AI-based conversational chat and voice-based bots that will respond to instructions.
In addition, the existing Digital Sansad mobile application will further be strengthened to enable access not only to both houses but also to all state assemblies in a phased manner.

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