The Ten Years of Rebirth

Chapter 228 Speech Recognition, Foreshadowing of National Day Investment
As early as 1994, the technology of QR code was invented in the Sakura Country on the other side.

It's just that the popular barcodes at that time had already occupied most of the market. Although the newly born two-dimensional codes also had their own performance advantages, they did not have overwhelming capabilities in the face of the stable situation of barcodes.

Especially before the advent of the mobile Internet era, the advantages of the QR code itself, including the advantages of a larger amount of information carried and a wider coding range, cannot help him break through the blockade of the market.

It wasn't until the advent of the mobile Internet era that more personal application scenarios appeared that QR codes really took the center of the historical stage.

WeChat is not the first company to use QR codes.

Just in the middle of this year, Taobao’s PayPass has tried to introduce the QR code payment model, and it is the first time to promote it on the mobile phone.

But in comparison, due to the sensitivity of payment itself, most users may be more inclined to use credit cards and other methods, and are not used to the payment method of QR code.

Therefore, AliPay's QR code payment is still more of a B2B model, that is, transactions between enterprises, and PayPay recommends the use of QR codes.

The root cause of this is simple. Mobile smartphones have only been around for a short time, and most people are still relatively conservative about the way they pay via mobile phones.

But what Liu Huan didn't expect was that Weixin had found a new usage scenario.

Not a payment, but a business card.

The form of business cards does not involve money, and the sensitivity is relatively much less.

People nowadays may have some concerns if they are asked to use QR codes to pay, but if they only use QR codes to make friends, their willingness will be much stronger.

"Actually, there are many application scenarios for QR codes. It's just that the mobile era has just arrived, and many things have not yet adapted." Xu Xing took the initiative to say to Secretary Zhao at this time, "Although QR codes are good, they also have their own hidden dangers. .”

"Oh?" Xu Xing took the initiative to reveal some information, and Secretary Zhao immediately asked with interest, "You guys have a lot of research on this?"

"It's just some small assumptions." Xu Xing said modestly, "For example, in today's press conference, if there are other things to be displayed, the screen cannot always play the PPT content."

"Then we can first display the QR code on the big screen, which contains today's PPT content, and the audience can get it after scanning the code with their mobile phones."

"In this way, even if the big screen on the stage is used to play other content, the audience in the audience can still find the corresponding PPT page on their mobile phones at all times, keeping up with the speaker's rhythm."

Secretary Zhao listened carefully and nodded slowly: "Interesting."

"To put it simply, QR codes can be used in any scene involving information dissemination, and the greater the amount of information and the more types of information, the more obvious the advantages of QR codes."

Xu Xing continued to speak, and after a pause, he turned around and said, "However, there are still some hidden dangers in this."

"for example?"

"For example, the leakage of personal information." Xu Xing pointed to the platform of the WeChat press conference on the stage, and said, "Everyone has their own WeChat QR code business card, so if the personal QR code business card is leaked, it may It can cause all kinds of problems."

"Well, that's true, but the impact is not too big, right?" Secretary Zhao said, "And it's not impossible to solve it."

"Yes." Xu Xing nodded, "So the QR code business card of WeChat is randomly generated every time, and the generated effect will only be kept for a week, and will be automatically eliminated at the end."

"However, the information carried by the QR code business card itself is not particularly private, and the stakes are not high."

"In contrast, the security risks related to payment may be greater."

Hearing this, Secretary Zhao's brows twitched, his expression was a little playful, and he stroked the handrail next to him with his palm, and smiled softly: "It's really interesting."

Xu Xing didn't go too deep, just smiled along, and finally added a simple sentence: "In the future, as there are more and more application scenarios of QR codes, relevant laws and regulations must also keep up."

"Makes sense."

The two of them explained the profound things in a simple way, and did not continue the conversation along this topic.

Liao Qinyu on the stage, after showing the effect of the QR code business card, took advantage of the opportunity to enter the second function display.

"Now that we have added WeChat friends, of course we have to try to communicate on it." Liao Qinyu said while reminding Zhu Rongzhen, "Mom, you come to send a message."

"How do you post it?" Zhu Rongzhen followed his instructions, clicked on the chat page with her son, and tentatively clicked on the chat box, "So? What do you want to post?"

"You can send me whatever you want." Liao Qinyu said patiently, "Use this to type first."

"Oh." Zhu Rongzhen nodded, trying to type with Jiugongge.

It took nearly a minute just to type the word "WeChat" before, but this time Zhu Rongzhen typed a total of 11 characters. Everyone waited for three or four minutes in a daze, watching Zhu Rongzhen type this sentence ——

【Son, when will you find a girlfriend? 】

It was obviously a very boring time, but the audience burst out laughing when they saw this sentence.

Liao Qinyu was also embarrassed for a moment, but seeing that the audience responded so well, he clicked on his chat page and sent Zhu Rongzhen a message.

[Now work is more important, so my girlfriend is not in a hurry. 】

Although he had more words than Zhu Rongzhen, Liao Qinyu basically finished typing in about ten seconds, which was far faster than Zhu Rongzhen.

At this time, Liao Qinyu said: "Mom, look at the button on the left, press it like me."

"Yes, look at the chat box after you press it, is there a prompt [Press and hold to talk]?"

"Then you are like me." As he spoke, Liao Qinyu pressed the voice chat button and said, "Just press and speak like this, and then release it after you finish speaking."

"It will automatically send your voice over."

"Look, that's it. Do you see something on your side?"

Zhu Rongzhen watched her son press the button to speak and then release it, and a voice message popped up on the screen of his mobile phone immediately.

After clicking, what Liao Qinyu said just now will be played in real time.

"Mom, you should try this too." Liao Qinyu reminded.

"Okay." Zhu Rongzhen nodded, tentatively pressed the voice button, and then asked cautiously, "Then is there any suitable girl in your company?"

"Hahaha!" There was another burst of laughter from the audience.

Liao Qinyu coughed a few times in embarrassment, then pretended not to hear anything, and introduced to the audience: "The text communication and voice communication just now are the chatting methods of WeChat in version 1.0. .”

"Then everyone has seen it, and if you say the same thing, for those of us who are used to typing, the effect is actually similar."

"But for people like my mother, who don't usually use mobile phones to type, the gap between typing chat and voice chat may be several times or even ten times the time."

"And for some older users, they may not understand pinyin, nor can they use the screen writing function, so such a chat function with a button to input voice becomes the best choice."

"This is also our effort to eradicate communication barriers."

Speaking of this, Liao Qinyu paused for a moment, picked up his mobile phone, pressed the voice button and said: "However, during version 1.0, we also noticed one thing, that is, voice chat also has certain limitations. sex."

"Although sending voice is more convenient for the person who sends the message, for the person receiving the message, it is necessary to fully listen to the content of the voice."

"It's not like text, where you can identify the specific content at a glance, but you need to listen carefully to fully understand what the other party is going to say."

"That means..."

When Liao Qinyu said this, he let go of his button finger, and the long string of words he just said was sent to Zhu Rongzhen's mobile phone, "Look."

"A full 30-second voice message, if the articulation is slightly unclear or the speech speed is slower, it is likely to become a long voice of forty or fifty seconds or even more than a minute."

"In a situation like this, the barrier to communication changes from sending a message to receiving a message."

"Therefore, our WeChat team has entered into a cooperative relationship with Tingyunsheng in Kyoto, and the two parties have made certain efforts on the voice recognition function."

"Weixun 2.0 version will be launched [Weixun Voice Assistant] to help everyone directly recognize the text of the voice."

"like this."

Liao Qinyu instructed Zhu Rongzhen to press and hold the voice box with both hands, and an option of [transfer to text] popped up.

After clicking, the long string of words that Liao Qinyu just said was skipped under the voice box, and then a paragraph of text was displayed.

"Of course." Liao Qinyu then added, "This function is not perfect yet, it only supports Mandarin recognition, and you can also see that there are still some misjudgments in the recognition process, but at least you can understand the general situation with a glance. mean."

"In the future, we will also strengthen our cooperation with Tingyunsheng. In addition to Mandarin, we will also add recognition functions including Cantonese, English, and dialects with large audiences in various places, so as to help more users."

Tingyunsheng is a research and development AI artificial intelligence voice company.

As early as when Xu Xing went to Kyoto on the National Day, he invested in this company and completed the initial angel round investment. In December, he followed up the A round of financing just like Didi Taxi.

Besides the founder, Qunxing Investment is currently the second largest shareholder of Tingyunsheng.

Tingyunsheng is also very happy to reach a cooperative relationship with WeChat, which means that their AI speech recognition function has a large number of application scenarios, which will not only be of great help to subsequent research and development, but also provide part of the company's revenue, so that their The company data looks better.

It is also conducive to subsequent further financing plans.

Secretary Zhao had carefully read the information of Qunxing Company before, and also knew which companies Xu Xing had invested in during the National Day.

At that time, he saw that Xu Xing's investment targets were scattered and most of them were start-up teams, and he thought that Xu Xing was just making money for leisure, and there was nowhere to spend the money.

But after getting in touch with Xu Xing, he knew that things were not that simple.

At present, the combination of listening to Yunsheng and WeChat's voice recognition function finally gave him a clue.

"So, when WeChat was just launched, you had already considered this matter?" Secretary Zhao asked curiously, "Then other projects invested by Qunxing Company before may have corresponding strategic goals. ?”

"It's just buying tickets in advance." Xu Xing said with a modest smile, "In the future, AI, cloud technology, and big data related fields will be the battleground of the Internet. The sooner you lay the groundwork, the less likely you will be Stuck neck."

"It's amazing." Secretary Zhao shook his head and sighed, "You seem to be very sure of your own judgment all the time, as if it really happened."

"It's just the confidence of having more money." Xu Xing was not a little proud, but very cautious in his words and deeds, "When a person has confidence, his vision is broad, and he can naturally find the possibility of the future. All he has to do is place a bet. "

Secretary Zhao put his palms together on his lap, smiled and said, "What you said is simple."

"Actually, we also have research in this area, right? I remember that there are many official laboratories and research institutes in Shanghai." Xu Xing laughed with him, and then he couldn't help revealing his true thoughts, "Secretary Zhao, are you You know, I am still a college student after all, and my technical strength is not strong."

"But now I have some spare money, and I hope to help some scholars and promote our development in Internet technology."

"If we can seize the development trend of the mobile Internet, we may have a great opportunity to achieve cornering overtaking."

Secretary Zhao turned his head to look at him in surprise, and then turned back, lost in thought: "You really can talk."

"Secretary Zhao has won the prize."

"Min University itself has a lot of laboratories." Secretary Zhao said after a moment of consideration, "You can try it first, and I want to see what results you can get."

"Well... I remember..." At this point, Secretary Zhao stroked his chin and thought about it, and then said, "Didn't Min University invite an academician to be the vice president before? It seems to be in the computer-related field."

"Yes." Xu Xing nodded immediately, "Academician Mei Hongmei."

"Ah yes, it's him." Secretary Zhao was reminded by him, and immediately remembered, "I remember that he has several laboratories and research institutes under his control, um, wait for me to go back and study, or you can also advance Let’s get in touch and see how to cooperate.”

"Okay." Xu Xing nodded vigorously, with a satisfied smile on his face, "With your words, I feel relieved."

During the communication between the two people in the audience, they initially finalized another cooperation.

On the stage, after the function sharing about "removing communication barriers", Liao Qinyu entered the third session.

"The first two links are just an enhancement of our WeChat version 1.0, including a new way to add friends and a new function of voice communication."

When Liao Qinyu said this, he pressed the remote control in his hand, and the PPT in the upper left corner of the large screen behind him also began to change.

"Then next, the third new function of WeChat 2.0 will bring users a new way of [sharing personal life]."

(End of this chapter)