{
  "id": 978482,
  "title": "From Midnight Power Cuts to Multi-Agent Voice AI: How I Built Raksha in 10 Days",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/from-midnight-power-cuts-to-multi-agent-voice-ai-how-i-built-raksha",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:55:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/prakhidha_chawdhury/from-midnight-power-cuts-to-multi-agent-voice-ai-how-i-built-raksha-in-10-days-22lf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India's digital payments sector is expanding rapidly, but so too are instances of financial fraud. Scammers inundate citizens with urgent SMS messages demanding immediate action, often in the form of OTPs (one-time passwords). During times of panic, people are more likely to follow verbal instructions rather than read lengthy text advisories. To address this issue, a Class 12 student built a voice assistant called Raksha for the #VoiceForBharat Challenge.\n\nRaksha is designed to protect Indian citizens from cyber scams, verify official government schemes, and notify human coordinators about active financial fraud. The student faced numerous challenges during the 10-day development process, including power outages, technical issues with the speech-to-text (STT) engine, and the need for strict privacy and security measures. Despite the obstacles, Raksha was able to emerge as a multi-agent voice assistant, capable of handling high-stress situations in real-time.",
  "summary": "Building voice AI sounds deceptively clean on paper: capture speech, stream it to an STT engine, prompt an LLM, and synthesize audio back in real time. In reality, building a real-time, multilingual voice assistant that handles high-stress banking fraud while running on desktop hardware in 30°C heat with unstable power is a completely different story. As a Class 12 student diving into my…",
  "key_points": [
    "Class 12 student built voice assistant Raksha for #VoiceForBharat Challenge",
    "Raksha protects citizens from cyber scams and verifies government schemes",
    "Developed in 10 days despite power cuts and technical challenges"
  ],
  "editors_take": "A Class 12 student's creation of Raksha, a multi-agent voice assistant, marks a new approach to combating financial fraud in India by providing real-time protection and verification services to citizens.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}