2025 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Regeneron ISEF – Fourth Grand Award
Representing Team India in the Biomedical Engineering Category at the world's largest pre-collegiate science fair.
Paraspeak Decoding slurred speech in real-time
An AI-powered assistive device focused on dysarthric speech recognition. Designed to be radically affordable, simple, and accurate — so that more people can be heard.
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Awards & Recognition
2024–25 · Delhi, India
IRIS National Fair – Grand Award
Placed in the Top 20 nationally at India's largest research-based science fair, earning selection to ISEF.
2025 · Delhi, India
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow - Top 20 Teams
Placed in the Top 5 nationally in the "Future of health, hygiene and wellbeing in India" category.
What is Dysarthria?
Dysarthria is a motor-speech disorder that makes it difficult to form and pronounce words. It affects millions of people. It can arise from conditions such as stroke, paralysis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, or traumatic brain injury. For patients, this creates a significant communication barrier in daily life.
What is Paraspeak?
Paraspeak is a real-time speech recognition and enhancement system designed for individuals with dysarthria. It records slurred speech, runs it through a deep learning model, and plays out clear speech — all in a small, affordable, IoT-enabled device.
Paraspeak focuses on under-researched languages and low-resource settings, making it accessible to those who need it most.
A congenital disorder patient who is happy that his voice has been understood correctly.
The Founder
Pranet Khetan is an award-winning young innovator and researcher — a Grade 11 student from Shiv Nadar School Gurugram — who founded Paraspeak to revolutionize speech-assistive AI for people with dysarthria.
A Grand Awardee at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2025 and a perfect SAT scorer, Pranet has represented India on the global stage for biomedical engineering innovation. His work on Paraspeak has earned national recognition at the IRIS National Fair and an Honorable Mention from INCOSE internationally. Beyond Paraspeak, he has led teams in competitive robotics, advanced AI projects, and computational neuroscience research. Also being Trinity College Speech & Drama certified, Pranet brings together technical excellence, leadership, and creativity to design impactful solutions at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and human communication.
Tech Experience:
Python
MATLAB
C/C++
EasyEDA
ESP32
Fusion360
Web Development
Join the waitlist
Please note that Paraspeak is a research prototype. We're seeking early testers and clinical-trial partners, and are currently on the journey of scaling up this system into a mass-produced assistive device.
A chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder patient using the device.
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Partner with Paraspeak
Paraspeak is more than a research prototype — it’s a mission to restore voices. We’re seeking partners from across healthcare, academia, and social impact to help scale this system. You can contribute in several ways:
- Healthcare & Rehab Centres: Run pilot programs, support clinical validation, and connect us with patients in need.
- NGOs & Community Groups: Collaborate on speech data collection, awareness campaigns, and outreach in low-resource settings.
- Universities & Researchers: Contribute to trials, language research, and cross-disciplinary innovation.
- Investors & Foundations: Support funding, scale-up manufacturing, and distribution for affordability and global reach.
- Volunteers & Advocates: Help with local language datasets, patient engagement, or spreading the word.
Whether you’re a clinic, research group, nonprofit, or individual advocate — we’d love to explore how we can work together on the mission to restore the voices of those with dysarthria.