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#285 Real-Time Speech AI and Accent Translation with Sanas CEO Sharath Narayana
45 minutes Posted May 19, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
Intro
Professional Background and Origin Story
Current Elevator Pitch
Understanding Accents and Dialects
Accent Translation Features
Customer Conversations and Use Cases
Language Development
User Experience with Accent Products
Latency Challenges
On-Device Solutions
Building Efficient Models
Funding Journey and Market Dynamics
Future Roadmap
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Sharath Narayana, CEO and Co-Founder of Sanas, joins SlatorPod to talk about the evolution of real-time speech AI, the rise of accent harmonization, and why voice will become the next major enterprise interface. Sharath traces his journey from engineer to entrepreneur, including the founding of Observe.AI before launching Sanas alongside Stanford researchers focused on solving low-latency speech processing. The CEO explains that Sanas initially operated as a speech lab focused on improving hu...