iFlytek (), styled as iFLYTEK, is a partially state-owned Chinese
information technology
Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...
company established in 1999. It creates
voice recognition software and 10+ voice-based internet/mobile products covering education, communication, music, intelligent toys industries.
State-owned enterprise
China Mobile
China Mobile is the trade name of both China Mobile Limited () and its ultimate controlling shareholder, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. (, formerly known as China Mobile Communications Corporation, "CMCC"), a Chinese state-ownedSt ...
is the company's largest shareholder. The company is listed in the
Shenzhen Stock Exchange
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE; ) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shenzhen, in the People's Republic of China. It is one of three stock exchanges operating independently in Mainland China, the others being the Beijing Stock Excha ...
with market capitalization at 25 billion RMB and it is backed by several state-owned investment funds.
In 2018, iFlytek signed a five-year collaboration agreement with the
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is a research institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) and the Artificial Intelligence Lab ...
. In 2020, the agreement was terminated due to concerns about human rights abuses of
Uyghurs in
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
.
U.S. sanctions
In October 2019, iFlytek was sanctioned by the United States for allegedly using its technology for surveillance and human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
See also
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Chinese speech synthesis
Chinese speech synthesis is the application of speech synthesis to the Chinese language (usually Standard Chinese). It poses additional difficulties due to the Chinese characters (which frequently have different pronunciations in different conte ...
References
External links
Official website
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Companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Information technology companies of China
Companies based in Hefei
Software companies established in 1999
Government-owned companies of China
Chinese companies established in 1999
Chinese brands