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Professor Norihide Kitaoka Joins DolphinAI as AI Technical Advisor

DolphinAI, headquartered in Toshima, Tokyo, has officially announced that Professor Norihide Kitaoka from Toyohashi University of Technology will assume the role of AI technical advisor starting June 1, 2025. With a renowned background in voice information processing, speech recognition, dialogue systems, and multi-modal interfaces, Professor Kitaoka is one of Japan's foremost AI researchers. His extensive work in practical applications of Japanese speech recognition and dialogue systems has garnered significant acclaim, making him a pivotal figure in the AI landscape.

Professor Kitaoka commented, "DolphinAI's unique voice AI technology demonstrates exceptional capabilities, achieving high transcription recognition rates with minimal training data on low-spec servers. As the AI technical advisor, I will oversee research topics related to speaker separation, Inverse Text Normalization (ITN), and interface design for Japanese voice dialogue. I am committed to further enhancing the accuracy of the company's voice AI technologies."

As an essential part of DolphinAI, Professor Kitaoka will contribute to the development of the company's voice dialogue AI platform, DolphinVoice, steering it toward advanced and practical technologies that will improve user interaction and service quality.

DolphinAI's representative director, Masahiro Asakura, expressed his gratitude stating, "We are honored to have Professor Kitaoka join us as our AI technical advisor. Through his focused research in Japanese speech AI technology, we aim to provide superior services to our clients in Japan."

Professor Norihide Kitaoka's Background

Professor Kitaoka is a prominent member of the Department of Information and Intelligence Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology. He also serves as a visiting professor at Nagoya University and Tokushima University. Currently, he is active in various roles, including the vice president of the Information and Systems Society of the IEICE and chair of the APSIPA Japan Chapter.

About DolphinAI

DolphinAI specializes in developing and providing voice recognition, synthesis, and dialogue technologies with a focus on Japanese. The company aims to create a high-precision voice interaction platform tailored specifically for the Japanese market, offering service solutions that benefit businesses.

Core Products and Services

1. DolphinVoice: A voice dialogue SaaS platform providing services like:
- Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for multiple languages, including Japanese, English, and Chinese.
- Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology for Japanese, English, and Chinese.
- Voice emotion recognition, voiceprint authentication, and speaker identification.
- Visit DolphinVoice Website
2. DolphinSOE (Smart Oral Evaluation): A cloud service that offers an English pronunciation evaluation API, providing feedback features tailored for the education sector.
- Visit DolphinSOE Website

Company Information

• - Company Name: DolphinAI, Inc.
• - Address: Hareza Tower 20F, 1-18-1 Higashi Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
• - Representative Director: Masahiro Asakura

For inquiries, please contact:

• - Department: Management Administration Department, Customer Service Section
• - Contact Person: Yukio Asakawa
• - Phone Number: 03-6775-4523
• - Email: voice.contact@dolphin-ai.jp
• - Website: DolphinAI Website

DolphinAI is poised to advance its technologies significantly with the expertise of Professor Kitaoka, setting a new standard in AI-driven communication solutions in Japan.