OFweek Smart Hardware Network News According to the current survival of the universe, the human beings generated from 3 million to 4 million years ago were our ancestors, and then Homo sapiens evolved the most important skill - "language". Language created our spiritual world. At this time, mankind created a new spiritual universe and created a human civilization. The first digital computer "ENIAC" in 1946 marked the creation of the digital universe by humans. The machine then produced "machine language," and it took humans only six years from text and text to speech recognition. Spiritual Universe and Digital Universe According to the current existence of the universe, the human beings that were produced 3 to 4 million years ago were our ancestors. Then Homo sapiens evolved the most important skill, “language,†and language created our spiritual world. The new spiritual universe has opened up human civilization. The first digital computer "ENIAC" in 1946 marked the creation of the digital universe by humans. The machine then produced "machine language," and it took humans only six years from text and text to speech recognition. In 1952 researchers from AT&T Bell Labs implemented an English digital isolated word speech recognition system for specific speakers. Nowadays, voice recognition technology has been developed for more than 60 years. Why did we feel it pervasive around us in the past two years? The topic of this issue is deciphered by voice assistants. The importance of intelligent voice in the field of human-computer interaction in the Internet of Things era. The so-called human-computer speech interaction is simply the natural language communication between the user and the machine. The smart device can understand the user's intention and accomplish certain tasks through communication. Echo's ups and downs While everyone in the country is pondering the need to build platforms and ecosystems, Amazon has played the "trump card" of differentiated ideas, and used technology and channels to help smart homes "smart home manufacturers to find breakthroughs in the market. Instead, Amazon built Echo as the center. In fact, the world's most exploding smart home voice entry hardware Echo smart speaker has entered the market through hardships. From the Amazon Lab126 launch of the Echo project in 2011, for three consecutive years, this product claimed to be expected to ship within six months, and the previous 50 US dollars target price is increasingly impractical. After undergoing internal optimization in terms of processing capabilities, listening comprehension, and functional definition, Echo finally came out in the fall of 2014. Even when it was just released in November 2014, few people asked about it. The press conference was held in Bezos. Just a brief introduction of this hardware, many people have questioned it for the e-commerce platform diversion. In August 2015, Amazon Echo officially opened the Alexa voice platform, and more and more smart home third-party devices began to access. At that time, the smart home was not in the tune-of-mouth phase and received little attention. Echo only gradually expanded its strength. In March 2016, after the success of the man-machine wars AI, artificial intelligence began a new round of enthusiasm, and voice, as the primary interactive application of artificial intelligence, was revisited by the people. Amazon Echo showed an explosive growth in 2016. However, at the 2017 CES show, although Amazon did not have a booth, the behind-the-scenes hero Alexa intelligent voice platform occupies the center of the show stage. The ubiquitous AVS (Alexa Voice Services) has attracted worldwide attention. Chinese market competition is surging Amazon has occupied the first market share in the Internet of Things and the Alexa Voice Platform is plundering another Internet of Things market with the same attitude and faster speed. It also verifies that voice interaction will become the next interactive entry point in the Smart Internet Age. Sex, smart home business model has also been gradually clear. Before and after the appearance of Alexa, whether it is the voice technology startup company that focuses on the concept of artificial intelligence, such as Nuance, HKUST News, Sibi Chi, and Yun Zhisheng; or the technology giants Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana, Google Assistant, etc. are all very difficult to see. There is a significant amount of change or breakthrough in this potential market. On the contrary, an e-commerce platform that focuses on cloud computing services has been rapidly promoted, so that it really boils, and the significance behind it is worth pondering. Alexa service now only has layout in the U.S. and U.K. markets. The global service system has not followed up. The overseas Echo experience is very poor due to over-the-wall connection of overseas servers, U.S. or UK time zone adjustment, etc. Its ease of use and stability. Therefore, we have a certain amount of time in the field of Chinese voice interaction to occupy the domestic family entrance. Once Amazon overcomes the promotion of localization work and related policies, Alexa's globalization will gradually reflect, and Alexa’s support for Chinese is not what Problems, and for domestic Chinese voice companies, if the hardware layout does not stand firm by then, the competition for family entrances will face a "lion lion", followed by a group of wolves. What is voice assistant? Whether it's Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri or Cotana, we all call it "Audio Assistant." Because the rich back-end content separates the voice assistant from ordinary hardware products such as mobile phones, for example, Alexa has packaged various types of life services that can be called “helpersâ€, such as providing users with weather information, ordering meals, and uber taxis. Amazon and Spotify Music, seamlessly buy items on Amazon.com. Recall that in February 2016, Uber achieved support for Alexa. At that time, Alexa’s skills reached several hundred; in September, this number had exceeded 3,000; three months later, it exceeded 5,000, and currently third-party development. The person has developed over 7,000 skills on Alexa. In the last month of 2016, Alexa’s skills suddenly increased by nearly 2,000. The globalization of human-computer interaction Internet Queen Mary Mikel’s “Internet Trends†report, talking about voice will be a new paradigm for human-computer interaction, reshaping the human-machine interface is obviously very important, and voice technology is particularly important. But the core lies in natural language recognition and processing technology. If the accuracy rate of speech recognition increases from 95% to 99%, voice interaction will rapidly spread, and even the existing rules of the game will change. At this point, the focus is on the core technology of voice technology. The war will be even more intense.