Beijing, 10 Feb (Xinhua) -- Since 5 February, when the Beijing Radio and Television Station's "Beijing You Are Early" program broadcasts the News of the Beijing Winter Olympics, there is an additional "virtual person" in the lower left corner of the screen who is proficient in using sign language to broadcast the news, which is the "Winter Olympic Sign Language BroadcastIng Digital Human System" set up by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission to let the hearing impaired groups better feel the grandeur of the Winter Olympics.
Since February 5, when the Beijing Radio and Television Station's "Beijing You Are Early" program is broadcast, there is an additional "virtual person" in the lower left of the screen who is proficient in using sign language, which is a digital person specially developed for the hearing impaired to better watch the Winter Olympics information. (Reporter's screenshot)
The system can provide intelligent sign language generation services throughout the process, and automatically broadcast the relevant information of the Winter Olympic Games in sign language according to the voice, so that the hearing impaired group can also enjoy the grand event of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The reporter saw in the exhibition hall of the "Winter Olympic Sign Language Broadcast Digital Person" system on the 9th that on the big screen, following the host's voice broadcast, the "digital person" can skillfully and fluently use sign language to broadcast the Winter Olympic events synchronously.
The research and development of the "Winter Olympic Sign Language Broadcast Digital People" system is inseparable from the support of the super-large-scale artificial intelligence pre-training model. The system is based on the "Wudao 2.0" large-scale intelligent model, supported by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Administrative Committee, and jointly built by Zhipu AI, Ling Yunguang and Beijing Radio and Television Station.
The picture shows the "Winter Olympic Sign Language Broadcast Digital Person" broadcast for the hearing impaired group in this Winter Olympic Games, which can automatically broadcast the relevant information of the Winter Olympic Games in sign language according to the voice, so that the hearing impaired group can better enjoy the grand event of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Manzi
The R & D personnel said that the application scenarios of "sign language broadcasting digital people" are extensive, on the one hand, it can provide news media with intelligent digital sign language generation services for the whole process, which is convenient for the hearing impaired to quickly understand the news newsletter; on the other hand, the sound broadcast content can be converted into sign language, and the Winter Olympic games and venue results can be broadcast for the hearing impaired, which is convenient for obtaining real-time information.
Industry insiders pointed out that the promotion of sign language broadcasting digital people can accelerate the promotion of national common sign language and create a barrier-free environment for the disabled to participate in social life on an equal footing, "More importantly, it reflects the respect of Beijing, the 'city of the Double Olympics', for the disabled."
Editors: Shuwen, Yu Sihui, Huang Xuguo, Zhou Xin, Gao Jiahui (Intern)
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