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| Samuel Kim, left, executive vice president and head of the customer data & analytics division at LG CNS, poses with YBM NET CEO Oh Jae-hwan after signing a memorandum of understanding to develop an AI-based language learning service at LG Science Park in Seoul, Wednesday. / Courtesy of LG CNS |
By Baek Byung-yeul
LG CNS will develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based language learning service, joining hands with a local foreign language education firm, the IT service affiliate of LG Group said Wednesday.
The company said it signed a memorandum of understanding with YBM NET to create an AI-based English, Chinese and Japanese language learning platform for smart devices within 2019.
"LG CNS completed the development of an AI-based English learning platform with an AI tutor in June. Based on the platform, the two companies will develop a smartphone app that enables users to learn three foreign languages," an LG CNS official said, adding the smartphone app will be available at both Google Android and Apple iOS smartphones.
Using its own text-to-speech technology, the AI tutor service measures the English speaking ability of its users and assists them to improve their speaking skills because it can understand the context of conversations with users and recognize how fluently the users can speak the target languages.
Given the education company has a vast database of materials related to foreign language education, YBM NET will be responsible for the educational content of the English, Chinese and Japanese learning programs.
"In cooperation with YBM NET, which has been leading the country's foreign language education market, LG CNS aims to offer a language learning service that can truly increase the academic growth of users," the company said.
LG CNS has expanded the use case of its AI tutor program since its launch. In July, newly recruited flight attendants at Asiana Airlines started using the program to improve their English speaking skills.
"The biggest strength of the AI-based language learning program is users can improve their skills regardless of place, time or circumstances. They don't need to go to an academy for foreign languages or make appointments for English conversations on the telephone," the official said.
Once they release a foreign language learning app, they will continue to strengthen their partnership, developing new services such as an English speaking learning program that can be used to improve TOEIC speaking scores.
