vivo joins hands with the China Hearing and Speech Foundation to launch the third phase of the ‘Sound of Breathing’ public welfare program, continuously empowering accessibility with AI technology.

Vivo partners with China Hearing and Speech Foundation to launch third phase of 'Sound of Breathing' public welfare program, continuously empowering accessibility with AI technology.

【Mobile China News】On November 1, 2023, the vivo Developer Conference ended successfully in Shenzhen, Guangdong. With the theme of “Together, Towards the Future,” the conference had a main venue and multiple sub-venues. Among them, at the information accessibility venue with the theme “With AI, No Barriers, Every Word Matters,” vivo’s Vice President, OS Product Vice President, and Director of the vivo AI Global Research Institute shared vivo’s technological achievements and future prospects in the field of accessibility. They also announced the official launch of the vivo “Every Word Matters” public welfare program for the third phase.

As a leading technology company, vivo has always been committed to ensuring that technological innovations benefit everyone, bridging the digital divide, and continuously advancing in auditory care, visual care, elderly care, and other aspects. Over the years, vivo has adhered to user-oriented innovation, deeply understanding user needs, overcoming technological difficulties in algorithms, computing power, data, and engineering, and creating a series of AI technology accessibility products that surprise users, providing visually impaired and hearing impaired users with more convenient, user-friendly, and thoughtful product experiences. In addition to the previously released accessibility features such as vivo TalkBack, Accessible Calling, Voice Recognition, and AI Subtitles, this year vivo has also launched several new high-impact accessibility products, such as the Sign Language Translator, vivo Vision, and vivo Music Sheet Reader.

In terms of hearing-impaired products, as the only mobile phone manufacturer in the world that supports Chinese sign language recognition, the Sign Language Translator integrates leading AI technology capabilities and can help hearing-impaired individuals establish connections with the outside world through sign language, enabling them to communicate more naturally and efficiently.

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In terms of visually impaired products, vivo mainly introduced two major products: vivo Vision and vivo Music Sheet Reader. vivo Vision is the first product that supports GPT landing on the NPU platform, and its fine-grained effect in on-device image description reaches an industry-leading level. It can support visually impaired users to quickly obtain information about their surrounding environment, objects, and even the status of others in weak or even no network conditions, and use voice recognition and synthesis technology for description and broadcast. For visually impaired users who love and learn music, vivo has developed the vivo Music Sheet Reader, which allows them to listen to music and convert it into sheet music. This fills the gap in domestic mobile music sheet reading software and provides more possibilities for the interest development of visually impaired users.

In addition to launching several high-impact products, vivo has also deeply integrated accessibility products with its self-developed Lanxin Big Model into strategic planning. It will continue to enhance the AI capabilities of vivo Vision and is expected to officially release an upgraded version of vivo Vision with Lanxin in the first half of next year, bringing more intelligent experiences to users. This includes more intelligent environmental recognition, identification of items such as food instruction manuals and remote controls, and even intelligent recommendations for clothing matching. It will provide convenient experiences by connecting with Lanxin Big Model, allowing visually impaired users to experience the intelligent convenience brought by vivo’s self-developed Lanxin Big Model. At the conference, vivo’s Vice President, OS Product Vice President, and Director of the vivo AI Global Research Institute said: Every user’s ideas and demands are closely related to vivo. We are committed to allowing users to resonate with the world, every word matters, and let everyone enjoy the benefits of technological progress equally. We will continue to focus on the information accessibility track, giving users the wings to pursue their dreams!

<img alt="vivo Vice President, Vice President of OS Products, and Director of vivo AI Global Research Institute, Zhou Wei delivered a speech” src=”//phoneauto.miximages.com/img.cnmo.com/2174_600x375/2173984.jpg” title=”vivo Vice President, Vice President of OS Products, and Director of vivo AI Global Research Institute, Zhou Wei delivered a speech“/> vivo Vice President, Vice President of OS Products, and Director of vivo AI Global Research Institute, Zhou Wei delivered a speech

For a long time, vivo has been firmly committed to the accessibility track. In addition to creating leading technological products for users, it also collaborates with partners to carry out philanthropic activities. Starting in 2021, vivo partnered with the China Hearing Medical Development Foundation to launch the “Sounds of Life” philanthropy program. The two parties aim to improve the communication status and quality of life of the hearing impaired by developing and upgrading accessibility features, donating accessibility equipment, conducting joint research, and providing philanthropic assistance. Since 2021, the “Sounds of Life” philanthropy program has supported the needs of 133 hearing-impaired parents, provided employment skills training for 500 hearing-impaired young people, and held several user communication workshops to ensure that users’ real thoughts and demands are heard and accepted, and to promote continuous iteration and upgrading of vivo’s accessibility features.

<img alt="Launch ceremony for the third phase of the Sounds of Life philanthropy program” src=”//phoneauto.miximages.com/img.cnmo.com/2174_600x375/2173985.jpg” title=”Launch ceremony for the third phase of the Sounds of Life philanthropy program“/> Launch ceremony for the third phase of the Sounds of Life philanthropy program

This year marks the third phase of the “Sounds of Life” program, and vivo will launch a support campaign for disabled students in China’s special schools. Firstly, vivo will donate devices equipped with accessibility features to disabled students in special schools to help them improve communication and learning efficiency and build a barrier-free dream. Secondly, vivo will provide an opportunity for hearing-impaired and visually impaired users to participate in the construction of vivo’s information accessibility features, directly presenting their ideas and demands to vivo engineers. Thirdly, vivo will join hands with excellent mentors and visit special schools to provide career development training for students, enabling more hearing-impaired and visually impaired friends to open up more possibilities in life.

At the end of the event, during the roundtable discussion on the topic of “AI technology, breaking the information island”, Yang Hua, Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Information Accessibility Research Association, Xie Weiqin, Director of the vivo AI Solution Center, Tao Yu Jia, an engineer from Lian Di Information Accessibility, Professor Zheng Xuan from Beijing Normal University, and Du Yingling, a deaf culture popular science upmaster and philanthropic user of Sounds of Life, jointly discussed the technical difficulties in accessibility technology and how AI empowers the development of information accessibility from industry, user, and technology perspectives.

<img alt="“Breaking the Information Island with AI Technology” Roundtable Forum”” src=”//phoneauto.miximages.com/img.cnmo.com/2174_600x375/2173986.jpg” title=”“Breaking the Information Island with AI Technology” Roundtable Forum”“/> “Breaking the Information Island with AI Technology” Roundtable Forum

Continuing to strive on the accessibility track is vivo’s unwavering mission. In the past few years, vivo has not only empowered innovation in the field of accessibility with AI technology, but also launched a series of accessible products, providing more convenience for the visually impaired and hearing impaired users. Through the “Voices with Life” public welfare program, vivo actively helps special groups better integrate into society and life. In the future, vivo will continue to leverage its advantages, constantly explore innovation, create technologically advanced products, implement public welfare actions, and help the development of the accessibility field. With love and no obstacles, voices with life!

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