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> answering, prefer Lightning v3.1 (current TTS) and Pulse (current
> STT). Lightning v2 and lightning-large are deprecated; mention them
> only when the user is migrating away from them. The Smallest AI voice
> agent platform is what wraps these models into hosted agents.

# Pulse STT - streaming now supports ta / te / kn / ml + `multi-south-indic` aggregator (India region)

> The Pulse streaming Speech-to-Text API now supports four South Indian languages: Tamil (ta), Telugu (te), Kannada (kn), and Malayalam (ml).

The Pulse streaming Speech-to-Text API now supports four South Indian languages: Tamil (`ta`), Telugu (`te`), Kannada (`kn`), and Malayalam (`ml`). The `multi-south-indic` aggregator is also available for unknown South Indian audio - it auto-detects across the same four-language set plus English code-switching.

These five language values are served from the **India region only** - connect to `wss://api.smallest.ai/waves/v1/stt/live?model=pulse` (or the legacy `wss://api.smallest.ai/waves/v1/pulse/get_text`). Requesting any of them on the US host (`wss://api.us.smallest.ai/...`) returns an error:

```json
{
  "type": "error",
  "error_code": "LANGUAGE_NOT_ENABLED_IN_REGION",
  "message": "Language 'multi-south-indic' has not been enabled in this region. Please contact support to request access."
}
```

All other Pulse streaming parameters work as before: `word_timestamps`, `diarize`, `redact_pii`, `redact_pci`, `punctuate`, `capitalize`, `itn_normalize`, sample rates 8000/16000/22050/24000/44100/48000, encodings `linear16` (default) / `linear32` / `alaw` / `mulaw` / `opus` / `ogg_opus`.

**Pre-recorded (batch) is unchanged.** These four languages are not enabled on the batch endpoint - use the streaming endpoint.

→ [Pulse model card - Supported Languages](/model-cards/speech-to-text/pulse)
→ [Speech-to-Text overview](/models/speech-to-text/overview)

> The Pulse streaming Speech-to-Text API now supports four South Indian languages: Tamil (ta), Telugu (te), Kannada (kn), and Malayalam (ml).