BEIJING, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sogou Inc.
(NYSE:SOGO) ("Sogou" or "the Company"), an innovator in search and
a leader in China's internet
industry, announced its launch of world's first AI sign language
news anchor in Chinese at 2021 Sohu Tech 5G & AI Conference
held in Beijing on May 17th.
Due to complicated and unique sign language systems as well as
the high cost to deliver, there has long been lacking products and
services for the 27 million hearing impaired in China to easily obtain high quality
information, news and entertainment services. Sogou has long been
at the forefront of AI development and dedicated to offering
products and services to better lives of all. Named as
Xiao Cong, the world's first AI sign
language news anchor aims to solve pain points of the hearing
impaired who experience great inconvenience in interaction with the
rest of the world.
Wang Xiaochuan, Sogou CEO, said, "We are thrilled to bring the
AI sign language news anchor to hearing impaired viewers. And we
hope to help them communicate better and get more engaged with the
society through our technological innovations."
Xiao Cong is the latest upgrade
and a breakthrough of Sogou Vocational Avatar, iterated from the
transformative 3D AI news anchor. It stands out with life-like
digital effects, highly comprehensible and widely accepted
mannerism of presenting the sign language. Based on Sogou's leading
AI technologies such as 3D digital modeling, multi-modal
recognition and synthesis, facial recognition and animation and
transfer learning, Xiao Cong is able
to intelligently imitate hand gestures, facial expressions, lip
movements, and mannerism of the sign language system. In addition,
with integration of the China Common Sign Language Dictionary,
Xiao Cong can immediately generate
sign language broadcast video with 85% accuracy rate. Thus
effectively help the hearing impaired to overcome language
obstacles and achieve effective information transmission.
As a 3D digital avatar, Xiao Cong
can work tirelessly and be applied in various settings including
news broadcasting, public services, special education and etc,
empowering the hearing impaired in all aspects and making it
possible for them to enjoy the dividend of digital development.
Sogou will give full play to its advantages as an innovative
technology company. It will not only strive to deliver products and
services to benefit people's livelihoods, but also join hands with
industry partners for moving towards a better future society.
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 investor enquiries, please contact:
Jessie
Zheng
Sogou Investor Relations
Tel: +86 10 5689 8068
Email: ir@sogou-inc.com
For media enquiries, please contact:
Serena Liu
Sogou
Public Relations
Tel: +86 10 5689 9999 (61958)
Email: press@sogou-inc.com
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