Hkust launches voice cloud technology and voice input method

October 28, 2010, "Hkust News Fly ' speech cloud ' conference and mobile Internet Voice Innovation Forum" held in Beijing Shangri-La Hotel Grand. The press conference has received great attention from all sectors of the community, including the honorary chairman of the Chinese Association of Science and Technology, Lenovo Holdings chairman and president Liu Zhou, the relevant government departments, corporate representatives and the news media together, on the mobile internet and the voice industry, mutual integration, innovation and development, the joint efforts to win a deep and enthusiastic discussion.

At the meeting, Hkust flying Chairman Liu Qingfeng announced the world's first to provide voice synthesis, voice search, voice dictation, such as intelligent Voice Interactive mobile internet intelligent Interactive Platform-"Flying voice Cloud" officially online. The so-called intelligent voice interaction, popular is to let mobile internet devices and services like people "can listen to say": The person's voice into the corresponding text, or convert the text into a clear fluent voice aloud. Also released at the same time the platform's model application-"Voice Input Method" experience version, smart phone installation, you can use the voice of QQ, SMS, microblogging and other content input, so that the original input cumbersome SMS writing and online mobile chat applications more convenient and interesting.

Voice as the most convenient for people to access and communicate information, the most effective means, intelligent voice interaction technology for a variety of mobile internet terminals (input inconvenient, display screen limited) to improve the user experience has an irreplaceable role, has been recognized by the industry as one of the key technologies in the mobile Internet era, contains huge market prospects, and has important strategic significance. The United States, the European Union, Japan and other governments are earmarked for the focus of support; IBM, Motorola, Microsoft, Google, Apple and other foreign it giants have set up specialized research institutions, focused on a large number of outstanding development power for relevant aspects of research, the purpose is to seize the mobile internet era "Man-machine interface" Commanding Heights.

Faced with the great opportunities for voice applications brought by the mobile internet revolution and more intense global competition, hkust is daring to fly in the main battlefield of mobile Internet, on the one hand, the long-term accumulation of core technology in the voice, not only in the Chinese voice technology to maintain the leading, and in English voice technology also reached the international leading level, Since 05, has been in the United States and Japan jointly launched the world's top English Synthesis contest "Blizzard Challenge" won the "five consecutive titles", 08/09/10 year for three consecutive years in the NIST Voice Evaluation competition in the top. On the other hand, as China's voice industry's only listed companies, the HKUST voice technology applications have been deep in all walks of life, with thousands of applications and development partners in the telecommunications, financial and other key industries market share of 80%, to fly as the core of the Chinese voice industry chain has begun to take shape, Hkust is more accurate in its understanding of domestic user needs than international manufacturers.

As the infrastructure of mobile internet, the "Flying Voice cloud" is opening up the industry-leading intelligent voice technology to mobile Internet developers and users. Mobile Internet application development partners can be used like water, electricity and so on, on demand ", in a very short period of time to build a" listening to say "characteristics of mobile Internet applications, so that the threshold of mobile Internet voice innovation development significantly reduced, the development cycle significantly shortened, will be strong in mobile Internet applications of continuous innovation and enrichment. This and the "Flying Voice cloud" at the same time released the platform's first demonstration application-"Voice Input Method" Experience version, users can fly the company's website at hkust free download client experience.

Honorary Chairman of China Association of Science and Zhou, Lenovo Holdings chairman and President Liu, who attended the conference and addressed the "message Flying voice Cloud" technology innovation and industry to promote the value of the highly appraised, affirmed the "flying voice cloud" to promote mobile internet voice application innovation, cooperation in the construction of mobile internet Chinese voice industry chain significance, China's IT companies in the competitive mobile internet technology revolution in the occupation of the place placed a strong expectation.

The three major telecom operators and Lenovo, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola and other mobile phone manufacturers, excellent science and technology, broadcast communication, Tencent, the division of mobile Internet enterprises, such as more than 300 representatives attended the meeting. Relying on "message flying voice Cloud", Hkust will continue to provide mobile Internet partners with voice application innovation support, will be expected to make the global mobile internet in China to take the lead in the voice era.