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Sauda-Sahayak

Sauda-Sahayak is a multimodal AI assistant that helps consumers negotiate fair prices in offline, cash-driven marketplaces - starting with Bangalore auto-rickshaw rides.

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Transcribes live auto-rickshaw negotiation audio, flags scam phrases, and compares the quoted fare against a reference fare table.

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Description

Sauda-Sahayak is a multimodal AI assistant that helps consumers negotiate fair prices in offline, cash-driven marketplaces - starting with Bangalore auto-rickshaw rides. The system uses: - Audio Intelligence: Listens to live negotiations, detects scam tactics (e.g., Meter Broken Lie, Techie Tax), and calculates fair fares using Bangalore pricing norms. - Localized Counter-Negotiation: Generates culturally tuned responses in Kannada, Hindi, and Kanglish - adjusted for "Polite" or "Rowdy" negotiation styles. - Gamification Engine: Rewards users based on negotiation savings, turning financial literacy into behavioral habit. Built with Gemini's native multimodal capabilities, the product addresses real consumer financial loss in India's informal transport economy. Tracks Covered: - Localization - Bangalore fares, slang, and negotiation culture - Multilinguality - Live speech transcription + dialect mixing - Consumer - Direct money-saving utility
STAR-173/Sauda-Sahayak★ 00 forksTypeScriptCreated Feb 14, 2026 · last push Feb 14, 2026

README excerpt

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  # Sauda-Sahayak (The Deal Assistant)
  ### Your AI Wingman for the Indian Street Economy
  
  *[Gemini 3 Bengaluru 2026 Hackathon Project]*
  *Tracks: 📍 Localization (Primary) | 🛒 Consumer (Secondary)*

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## 📖 Overview
**Sauda-Sahayak** is a multimodal AI agent designed to help users negotiate fair prices with auto drivers and brokers in Bangalore. It leverages **Audio** to detect verbal scams, **Vision** to spot fake taxi apps, and **Local Knowledge** to suggest the perfect Kannada/Hindi counter-offers.

Living in Bangalore, "Meter Broken" or "Wonandhalf" are daily phrases. This app gives you the **Street Smarts** of a local, powered by Google's Gemini 3 Flash.

## ✨ Key Features

### 🎙️ Audio Negotiation ("The Ear")
- **Scam Detection**: Real-time analysis of driver's speech to detect common tactics like "The Meter Broken Lie", "The Techie Tax", or "The Emotional Trap".
- **Fair Price Estimation**: meaningful price range suggestions based on destination and current context.
- **Smart Responses**: Get suggested replies in English, Hindi, or Kannada.

### 📷 Vision Verification ("The Eye")
- **Fake App Detector**: 'Scan Mode' uses your camera to analyze the driver's phone screen.
- **Fraud Alert**: Identifies manipulated screenshots or fake clone apps (e.g., fake TownRide UIs) by spotting visual anomalies l

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