For the first time, Kazakhstan has developed a large-scale speech recognition model for Turkic languages, designed for real-life speech and natural communication, El.kz reports citing Xinhua.

AI speaks Turkic

Kazakhstan has unveiled its own automatic speech recognition (ASR) model, now the largest of its kind in Central Asia. This is not a local experiment but a full-fledged technological platform. The project is positioned as a practical solution rather than an academic showcase.

Not a copy of the West, but an original architecture itecture

The key feature of the new model is that it was not built on English-language templates, as was previously common in the region. From the start, developers embedded the linguistic logic of Turkic languages into the system, where stress patterns, morphology, and sentence structure differ significantly. This aspect had long been a weak point of imported solutions.

Where technology can be used today

The development was designed from the outset for practical deployment in digital services and infrastructure solutions. It demonstrates stable performance in conditions of background noise and across a range of accents - crucial for real-world applications.

The economics of voice

The adoption of voice technologies significantly reduces the workload on operators and expands service accessibility regardless of time of day. For businesses and government platforms, this means lower operating costs and more balanced resource allocation. Voice interaction is no longer an expensive channel.

Central Asia as a growth point for AI

The development of its own ASR model reshapes the region’s role on the technological map. Kazakhstan is gradually moving from being a consumer of solutions to becoming a developer capable of accounting for cultural and linguistic specifics. This is a rare case where digital sovereignty moves beyond slogans results in practical change.