BEIJING, Feb. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sogou Inc. (NYSE:
SOGO) ("Sogou" or "the Company"), an innovator in search and a
leader in China's internet
industry, today unveiled its latest AI-powered smart recorders S1
and E1 at an online launch event. The new devices are designed to
help users communicate and get information more accurately and
efficiently in various scenarios, offering advanced features
including noise cancellation, voice recognition, simultaneous
translation, and multi-lingual transcription.
S1, Sogou's latest premium smart recorder, carries an
eight-microphone array that can capture sound within 10 meters.
Driven by Sogou's industry-leading AI technologies, S1 features a
noise-canceling function that can eliminate up to 40,000 types of
unwanted noises to ensure the quality of recording. Sogou's smart
recognition technology allows S1 to convert audio to text at high
speed with an accuracy rate of 98%, making the transcription
process quicker and easier than ever.
To assist cross-language communications, the S1 and E1 models
can translate between 63 languages and transcribe audio content in
10 Chinese dialects and 10 languages including Chinese, English,
Japanese, Korean, and Thai. With transcription simultaneously
displayed on a touch screen, S1 and E1 help users understand
speakers of different languages in real-time and avoid tedious
translation tasks. Both models support offline translation and
high-quality transcription.
Today's event also saw the release of the Forbidden City edition
of Sogou's C1 Pro, meticulously designed in partnership with the
prestigious Palace Museum in Beijing. Launched in December 2019, Sogou Smart Recorder C1 Pro
supports simultaneous interpretation, data transfer via Wi-Fi, and
speech-to-text transcription with a 97% accuracy rate in real-time.
The new S1 model also comes in a Forbidden City edition.
"S1 and E1 mark the next generation of voice recording devices,"
said Yang Hongtao, Chief Technology Officer of Sogou. "Packed with
advanced AI capabilities that provide an unparalleled user
experience, they demonstrate how Sogou is leading the AI revolution
in voice recording by making access to information and
communication easier with our language-centric AI technologies. Our
smart recorders have had great success in the market, and we are
committed to producing more easy-to-use smart devices for
users."
Frant Gwo, the director of the
Chinese science-fiction blockbuster The Wandering Earth,
shared at the event how Sogou smart recorders had made it easier
for his team to communicate with visual effects artists overseas.
"By acting as an interpreter and a transcriber at our meetings, S1
freed us from drudgery and allowed us to focus on producing better
work," said Gwo. "S1 also came in very handy when I wanted to
record ideas and inspirations in my spare time."
Sogou's first-generation AI-powered recorder C1 was launched in
March 2019 and has topped the
best-selling list on various e-commerce platforms ever since. Sogou
has also built an eco-system to empower the voice recording
industry. In August 2019, Sogou
opened its Dictation Service to third-party voice recorder
companies. Driven by Sogou's advanced voice recognition technology,
its Dictation Service allows users to transcribe, store, and edit
recordings on mobile devices and computers. In addition, Sogou
founded the Voice Recorder AI Innovation Alliance together with
Sony Voice Recorder, AIGO, Newmine, and MSC Group, seeking to
revitalize and transform the industry by integrating hardware
devices with transcription services based on Sogou's
language-centric AI technologies.
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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, 2018 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 28,
2019, 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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