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Script Gap: Evaluating LLM Triage on Indian Languages in Native vs Romanized Scripts in a Real World Setting

arXiv (research paper) · arxiv.org

A study of real health messages in five Indian languages and Nepali, finding models handle romanized text up to 24 points worse than native script.

It answers 2 questions

  1. How do I get better answers when I type in Hinglish or in English letters?
  2. Where does AI still get Indian languages wrong, and how do I check its answer?

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