The Indian government has been trying to promote homegrown tech platforms and reduce dependence on US-based providers. Moving ahead in the same pursuit, Zoho has unveiled a new AI-powered workplace collaboration platform that has now been named Vani. Its tools are specifically designed to foster visual learning and seamless collaboration for modern teams, particularly small businesses, by letting users co-create mind maps, diagrams, and workflows on an infinite whiteboard with built-in video calling, comments panel, project timelines, DB tables, pre-loaded templates, and more.
With generative AI, Vani can be used for content creation and summarisation across different platforms.
Vani mainly operates on three core principles: Visualize, Collaborate, and Execute. This will help your team to process complex discussions into clear visuals.
The launch of the all-new Zoho application comes days after the Ministry of Education asked officials to adopt the Zoho Office Suite for managing official documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
In other news, we have launched Vani, which does fresh thinking on team collaboration. We call Vani the all-in-one, visual-first intelligent platform. Vani sparks creativity!
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List of New Features That Vani Adds to the Mix
Vani has been provided with a bunch of features that have been designed keeping workplace strategy and network planning in perspective. A laundry list of productivity features also includes:
Vani has been provided with a bunch of features that have been designed keeping workplace strategy and network planning in perspective. A laundry list of productivity features also includes
- Infinite Whiteboard- A blank canvas where you can brainstorm, note new developments without any hindrances, it has no page limits and no slide decks.
- Midn Maps: a feature that can be used to identify customer needs, break down new strategies, and plan road maps.
- Sticky Notes and Sketches: For half-formed thoughts and scribbles.
- Diagrams and flowcharts: Users can use these to generate flow charts and decision trees as well.
- DB Tables: DB tables keep project tasks, campaign metrics, and research data structured and always in context. Right now, the ideas they support and beyond that, the suite also has a workflow feature that lets users assign tasks, set deadlines, and track accountability without the existing vani platform
