BEIJING, April 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sogou Inc. (NYSE:
SOGO) ("Sogou" or "the Company"), an innovator in search and a
leader in China's internet
industry, released its Sogou Mobile Keyboard 10.8, the latest
version of the Sogou Mobile Keyboard. Powered by Sogou's leading AI
technologies, the latest upgrade features new multilingual
voice-based transcription and translation services, supports
language input in four more languages, and offers improved accuracy
rates for voice inputs.
As the most popular Chinese-language mobile input app by number
of monthly active users, the Sogou Mobile Keyboard makes
communication easier and more efficient for millions of
individuals. By enhancing the user experience and enabling people
to communicate smoothly across multiple languages, the Sogou Mobile
Keyboard continues to break down language barriers.
Multilingual Translation and Transcription
The Sogou Mobile Keyboard 10.8 now supports voice-based
translation between Chinese and seven foreign languages, including
English, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Japanese, and Korean. It
also provides voice transcription services for nine foreign
languages and ten Chinese dialects with an 85% accuracy
rate.
Supports Language Input in Eight Languages
The latest version also supports language input in Spanish,
Russian, Arabic, and French, building on the existing keyboards in
Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. Users can easily communicate
in multiple languages without switching between different input
methods.
Further, to help users communicate more eloquently, the English
keyboard comes with a thesaurus that provides a large collection of
synonyms for over 4,000 commonly used words. Users simply tap a
word and its synonyms pop up.
Enhanced Voice Input Experience
The Sogou Mobile Keyboard 10.8 also features an upgraded voice
input system, with the voice recognition accuracy rate for speech
entered from a distance increasing by 30% and by 20% for speech in
Mandarin, compared with the previous version. Further, when
pronunciation is unclear or inaudible, the smart keyboard
recommends possible words for users to choose from.
In addition, the revamped Sogou Mobile Keyboard provides a full
suite of features to enrich user interactions and offer a more
personalized experience, including sentence correction, text
prediction, and smart recommendations.
With the latest upgrades to the Sogou Mobile Keyboard,
Sogou showcases its continued commitment to making
communication easier for millions of users at home and abroad by
leveraging its AI capabilities in voice, image, natural language
processing, and machine learning.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements.
Statements that are not historical facts, including statements
about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements.
These statements are based on current plans, estimates, and
projections, which involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We
caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, intense competition in the market
for search and search-related services; our need to continually
innovate and adapt in order to grow our business; our reliance on
Tencent platforms for a significant
portion of our user traffic; and uncertainty regarding the extent
and reach of PRC governmental regulation of sponsored search.
Further information regarding these and other risks is included in
Sogou's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 21,
2020, and other documents Sogou files with or submits to the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Sogou
Sogou Inc. (NYSE: SOGO) is an innovator in search and a leader
in China's internet industry. With
a mission to make it easy to communicate and get information, Sogou
has grown to become the second-largest search engine by mobile
queries and the fourth largest internet company by MAU in
China. Sogou has a wide range of
innovative products and services, including the Sogou Input Method,
which is the largest Chinese language input software for both
mobile and PC. Sogou is also at the forefront of AI development and
has made significant breakthroughs in voice and image technologies,
machine translation, and Q&A, which have been successfully
integrated into our products and services.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Yadan Ouyang
Brunswick Group
Tel: +86 10 5960-8600
Email: sogou@brunswickgroup.com
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