With the continuous improvement of the awareness of users with disabilities and the progress of technology, many technology companies and organizations have begun to go beyond their awareness and enter the stage of actively welcoming this group. Moreover, with this acceptance, the innovation we see now is to enhance accessibility and provide everyone with the opportunity to participate in the development of an inclusive society for all.
Through its own my voice project, Xiaomi has made the latest efforts to make technology accessible to everyone. The project combines self-developed voice technology with advanced algorithms to provide text to voice solutions for users with language barriers.
Zhu Xi, convener of science and technology public welfare topic of Xiaomi science and Technology Committee, said when talking about the reasons for starting the project.
We are happy to explore the various values brought to us by scientific and technological innovation, such as responding to users' requirements for self-identity and the construction of identity [... ] the process of technology diffusion can be greatly shortened if we pay attention to and address the needs of minorities at an early stage. This allows users with special needs to enjoy the benefits of the new technology without delay.
The new resources developed by Xiaomi artificial intelligence laboratory can enable users with language barriers to produce customized sounds. The object of the project can communicate with others with his own voice. His voice is customized and synthesized according to the voice donated by various volunteers. In order to protect the privacy of volunteers and make them more original, the voice is also digitally processed.
More than 200 volunteers within Xiaomi donated their voices in order to plan the "most suitable and personalized" voice for the recipients. Xiaomi mentioned that many smart devices using Xiaoai, the company's artificial intelligence voice assistant, support the latest technology.
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