VUEVO, a service developed by Pixie Dust Technologies Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, CEOs: Yoichi Ochiai, Taiichiro Murakami) that uses voice recognition and AI to visualize conversations in real time, has been selected as a grant recipient for the National Research and Development Agency, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)'s "FY2024 Information Barrier-Free Communications and Broadcasting Service Provision and Development Promotion Grant."
VUEVO uses voice recognition technology, a proprietary wireless microphone, and a dedicated application to intuitively display "who" said "what." With this, since you can tell the direction of the speaker and the transcribed conversation at a glance, even hearing-impaired people can smoothly participate in meetings.
Due to the revision of the Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, which came into effect in April 2024, it has become mandatory for businesses to "provide reasonable accommodation." This service is expected to be used by companies and organizations as part of their reasonable accommodation of people with hearing impairments.
Overview of the Grant
・Implementing body: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
・Name: Information Barrier-Free Communication, Production of Broadcasting Services, Development Promotion Subsidy
・Overview: Subsidies will be provided up to half of the eligible expenses for projects・business that provide or develop services to enable physically disabled people to smoothly use communication and broadcasting services.
VUEVO website
Features of VUEVO
VUEVO is a service that uses a proprietary wireless microphone and dedicated application to visualize "who" said "what" in real time and will help where there is differences in hearing amongst people with hearing impairments or hearing difficulty and those who can hear.
User interface that makes it easy to intuitively understand conversation content
Even in conversations with multiple people, it is easy to see who is saying what.
High-precision wireless microphone developed using proprietary technology
Using a unique algorithm, it collects audio from all directions (360°) with high accuracy, analyzes the direction of the audio, and converts the audio into text in real time.
Supports a wide range of devices, from smartphones to tablets and PCs
In addition to smartphones and tablets compatible with iOS and Android, it is also compatible with PCs, which are indispensable for office work.
Summary function using Chat GPT
VUEVO, which can convert the speech of each speaker into text with high accuracy and in real time, is highly compatible with ChatGPT, which excels in language processing. By utilizing ChatGPT, we can expect to improve productivity in a wider variety of situations.
VUEVO offers the following summary features:
- Automatic creation of meeting titles and summaries
This function automatically creates meeting titles and summaries using ChatGPT. This allows you to instantly find the conversation notes you need, making it easier to understand the meeting content and improving work productivity.
- Real-time summary function
This feature summarizes the contents of the conversation in real time every 5 minutes. This will increase participants' understanding of the meeting and enable them to smoothly engage in the discussion even if you join in midway, which helps improvement in your work productivity.
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