A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
I have been searching for models that perform translations between Kannada and English and vice versa. I learned about the Sarvam Translate model, which seemed very promising. I tried it on their site before downloading the model directly to run locally. Model weights are available under GPL. Sarvam-Translate is an advanced translation model...
It’s that time of the year again. I am IITM/Chennai for Paradox 2025. I reached today. I will be there till Monday. If you’re around, we can grab a coffee. You already know how to reach me.
I listen to Music from my homelab server using Navindrome and several client apps. It works both when I am online and offline. But one of the things that you miss when you listen to local Music is discoverability. It’s not easy to find new, interesting Music unless you’re on one of those...
I met WeeklyNotes/Blogring friends in real life (IRL) this week. On Thursday, I had coffee with Mihir and Nidhi at KAARA. They were passing through Bengaluru on their way to a workshop in Coonoor and had some time before catching their bus. It’s fun to meet online folks in real life when you...
Table of Contents1 Speech to Text2 Text to Speech3 Translation4 Actions5 Settings6 Need help I’ve always dreamed of talking to computers. Cloud tools made it possible, but nothing beats doing it right on your machine. The first one I encountered that ran well locally was Dragon Speak. It worked pretty well but was...
It was mostly kids and me at home this week. Managing full-time work, kids, and housework by myself was tough. Four kids (okay, one human toddler, a parent, and two pets) are a handful, even when you have regular support. But thanks to a friend and sibling who live close by, I could...
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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