iFLYTEK SimulTrans Facilitates Barrier-Free Communication at 2024 World Cultural Heritage Dialogue

On July 5, the 2024 World Cultural Heritage Dialogue was held in Hefei, China.

AI Empowers the High-Quality Development of New Communication Capabilities

Language is the foundation of culture and the symbol of a nation. Recording and disseminating cultural content are crucial steps in cultural inheritance. iFLYTEK has been deeply engaged in the intelligent speech industry for many years. At present, iFLYTEK’s speech tranion outpaces human stenographers, its machine translation meets professional qualification standards, and its speech synthesis surpasses the pronunciation levels of ordinary people and is widely used in news broadcasting. These technological breakthroughs have laid a solid foundation for the high-quality development of new communication capabilities.

Technology Allows the World to See and Understand China

According to statistics from the National Immigration Administration, 14.635 million foreigners entered China in the first half of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 152.7%. Recently, the video "144-Hour Visa-Free Entry: Foreigners Explore China on Foot" went viral on international short video platforms. More and more international tourists have begun promoting China after visiting and learning about the country. Multi-language applications aimed at international tourists act as vital gateways to better understanding Chinese culture.

iFLYTEK SimulTrans currently supports AI simultaneous interpretation in eight languages. With the support of iFLYTEK SPARK Large Model's capabilities, AI can simultaneously listen to speech and translate the content into multilingual text as well as vocalize it through speech synthesis. Users need only put on a pair of iFLYTEK SimulTrans headsets to experience the convenience and efficiency of AI real-time simultaneous interpretation.

Future Thinking: Helping the World Understand China

With one of the world's largest collections of museums and cultural artifacts, China is looking to leverage rapidly developing technological tools to better communicate its voice on the international stage. This was a key topic of discussion at the event.

iFLYTEK can utilize its multilingual technologies and product applications to provide intelligent and efficient services for international communication in the fields of digital diplomacy and communication, education and academic exchange, multilingual international communication, and cultural exchange and cooperation. It can also collaborate with world heritage sites, experts from various fields and universities to create a more comprehensive international communication corpus, enabling AI to record and translate content not only efficiently and accurately but also in a way that faithfully, fluently and elegantly conveys the essence and charm of Chinese culture.

Cultural heritage is an important carrier of China's outstanding traditional culture. To better protect our cultural heritage, we must strengthen cultural inheritance, improve the levels of research, interpretation and dissemination of cultural relics, explore the multiple values of cultural heritage, and spread more value symbols that carry Chinese culture and the Chinese spirit. iFLYTEK SimulTrans will continue to cooperate with more world heritage sites to facilitate barrier-free communication and help tell China's story to the world using AI.