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Pururva Agarwal
Pururva Agarwal

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The Aunty Test - what Urdu-speaking patients see when they ask Health AI in their own language

Aunty Test - Urdu

Voice query in Urdu: "raat ko neend nahi aati, kya safe goli hai?"

Most Health AI built in the last three years is English-first. The translation layer breaks the moment a user types a real query in a language a billion people actually think in.

What a generic Health AI says

You mention difficulty sleeping at night. Many sleep aids exist but have side effects. Please consult a doctor and rephrase your query in English for accurate suggestions.

What native multilingual reasoning looks like

Pehle non-pharma try karein - 1 ghanta pehle screen band, room thanda (24C), magnesium glycinate (400mg). Goli zaroori ho to Melatonin (3mg) safest hai. Alprazolam / diazepam khud se mat lein - addictive hain.

Why this is the wedge

1.4 billion people don't think in English. Every Health AI built so far has either been English-first (translate-button bolted on) or has had a thin localised veneer over an English model. Neither holds up under a real medical query.

GoDavaii reasons natively in 22 Indian languages including Urdu, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Odia, Urdu and more.

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Building publicly. Try a query in your home language and tell us where it breaks.

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