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Started development of "Legal Cloud Voice Service" (tentative name) that extracts "electronic evidence" in fraudulent activities and proceedings from voice data such as mobile calls.
-Achieving the fusion of "speech recognition" and "text information analysis", the crystal of cutting-edge artificial intelligence research-
UBIC Co., Ltd.
Masahiro Morimoto, President and CEO
2-12-23 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(TSE Mothers Code Number: 2158)
(NASDAQ ticker symbol: UBIC)
UBIC Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President Masahiro Morimoto), which handles international litigation support services listed on TSE Mothers, is a forensic company in the voice call analysis market, which is expected to grow globally in the future. Started joint development with NextGen Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President Shinji Onishi), which develops software related to communication infrastructure and provides cloud services in order to provide solutions in the field of evidence disclosure. did.AmiVoice of Advanced Media, Inc., which has the world's top level technology for voice recognition®Will be adopted.
The Legal Cloud Voice Service (tentative name), which is currently under development, records or texts mobile and landline calls during immediate corporate audits and contingency investigations (insiders, cartels, and other fraudulent activities). It is a system that quickly and accurately extracts important information and evidence data.
Already in early July 2013, we opened a dedicated lab in our R & D center. R & D work will be completed by December 7, test services will be implemented from the beginning of 2013, and from the spring of the same year, services will be started for financial institutions such as securities companies and manufacturing industries by cloud service and on-premises (in-house operation). It's a schedule.We are aiming for sales of 12 billion yen within 2014 years from the start of the service.
In March 2010, we, the only comprehensive discovery support company in Japan, released the e-discovery (electronic evidence disclosure) support system “Lit i View®”, which provides electronic data in international litigation. We are developing evidence preservation, investigation, and analysis services.Furthermore, in May 3, the company was listed on the US Nasdaq market for the first time in 2013 years, and the next-generation forensic software "Lit i View XAMINAR" that collects and analyzes e-mails and document files that prove evidence in criminal investigations. Succeeded in developing (Lit I View Examiner) and started providing it to law enforcement agencies such as the police.The software is the first in the world to be equipped with "Predictive Coding®" based on artificial intelligence, and is fully compatible with Asian languages (Japanese, Korean, Chinese), making it the first domestically produced software. It is attracting attention as a full-fledged forensic tool.
In this way, our company, which has the world's leading technology in collecting and analyzing electronic data, is taking on a new challenge in "voice forensics."
In recent years, there have been an increasing number of cases in which the content of voice calls is important evidence in forensic investigations of internal fraud, international fraud such as cartels, and other domestic and international proceedings.
In the insider trading (information leakage) cases of major domestic securities companies that were discovered one after another last year, it was pointed out that the management system for providing information to customers has become a mere ghost.Under the guidance of the Financial Services Agency, 12 major securities companies, including foreign-affiliated companies, submitted reports on the internal management system of corporate information, and introduced a recording function to mobile phones used for business as a measure to prevent recurrence. As a result, the need for forensic voice data is increasing in order to strengthen compliance.
Based on this situation, we can convert call voice into text and extract important data by applying our digital forensic technology through collaboration with NextGen, which has a high technology base in call recording solutions. In addition, we decided that it would be socially significant to commercialize this technology, so we decided to commercialize it.
Research on speech recognition, which analyzes human speech with a computer, began in the 1960s.It has evolved from word recognition to sentence recognition and recognition of unspecified speakers, and now it has an "electronic chart input system" for doctors, a "minutes creation support system" for local governments, and "operator support / calling" for call centers. A "content analysis system" has been introduced, and it is also used for inputting email texts to mobile terminals, simultaneous interpretation type automatic translation, and machine operation of mobile terminals and car navigation systems.
However, compared to these voice recognitions, daily conversations with ambiguous phrases and voice recognition via mobile phones with low voice quality require extremely advanced technology.This is because voice recognition services that have already been put into practical use are spoken with a clear intention and purpose and are closer to "written words", whereas on mobile phones, they are spoken in a more natural and free form. This is because the number of unclear pronunciations and abbreviated words peculiar to conversations increases.
In order to increase the recognition rate of speech by such an unspecified number of spoken words, in addition to the advanced algorithms of the speech recognition engine, a large amount of sample text on the target field and analysis of speech data by more speakers are required. It is essential.In addition, the language of cheating is characterized by many technical terms and abbreviations.For this reason, in the future, we will study a large amount of speech recognition dictionaries in a dedicated lab and strive to capture "utterances related to cheating."
And our service goes beyond voice recognition and text conversion.The data converted into text through the voice recognition engine is analyzed by "Lit i View ®" to narrow down the evidence required for proceedings.
A major weapon there is the Predictive Coding® technology, which uses text mining that we have developed independently.This is a function that can automatically classify uninvestigated documents based on certain sample data.Comprehensive computer-based research enables the detection of important data (evidence) that is often overlooked by traditional keyword searches and artificial reviews. The number of document reviews per hour reaches 1 for 100 humans with the tool.
By converting a large amount of sound calls into character data using voice recognition technology and linking it with "Predictive Coding®", the possibilities are endless. UBIC will continue to lead the legal technology industry through innovative technology development and solution provision unique to NASDAQ-listed high-tech companies.
There will be no impact on the full-year earnings forecast in this case.
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[NextGen Inc. Company Profile]
■ Location 3-3-4 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo KDX Kojimachi Building 9F
TEL: 03-3234-6855
■ Representative Director and President Shinji Onishi
■ Established November 2001, 11
■ Capital 489,248 thousand yen
■ Business content
Since its inception, NextGen has been an expert in VoIP (Voice over IP) and has supported the systems of major telecommunications carriers.We continue to provide pioneering solutions such as the construction of large-scale IP Centrex for telecommunications carriers and the interconnection of IP telephone systems.In addition, recently, we are also providing a cloud PBX service that utilizes the cloud and smartphones in collaboration with major telecommunications carriers, the release of a call recording management system for enterprises, and a SIP / VoIP security diagnosis service that is unique in the world. We have a full range of solutions and services for general corporations as well as solutions for telecommunications carriers.
■URL: http://www.nextgen.co.jp/
[Advanced Media, Inc. Company Profile]
■ Location 3th floor, Sunshine City Bunka Kaikan, 1-4-6 Higashiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-5958-1031
■ Representative Director, Chairman and President Kiyoyuki Suzuki
■ Established December 1997
■ Capital 45 yen (9,609 shares) (as of the end of September 15,282,200)
■ Business content
・ AmiVoice®"Solution business" that plans, designs, and develops voice recognition solutions that incorporate
・ AmiVoice®"License business" that provides application products that incorporate
・ AmiVoice for services to users and general consumers in the company®"Service business" to provide
Advanced Media is a unique technology such as voice recognition AmiVoice®We have provided various solutions that allow you to enter sentences with "voice". AmiVoice®The voice recognition engine enables voice input (for unspecified speakers) without pre-learning (enrollment) the voice for each user 4,280.It is mainly used in the fields of medical care, education, entertainment, minutes, call centers, and business solutions.For example, in the medical field, we have a track record of introducing 2013 (as of the end of March 3), which contributes to the efficiency of medical diagnosis and medical office work, and its introduction effect is highly evaluated. In 2008, voice recognition technology AmiVoice®"Voice input mail" utilizing the above is subject to the award system of the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), an affiliated organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and "Software Product of the Year ® 2008" (SPOTY2008) ) Was awarded.
■ URL: http://www.advanced-media.co.jp/
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[About UBIC]
President: Masahiro Morimoto 2-12-23 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo Meisan Takahama Building
URL: http://www.ubic.co.jp/
UBIC Co., Ltd. is an e-discovery business that preserves, investigates, and analyzes electronic data required in international cartel investigations, investigations related to the Federal Foreign Anti-Corruption Act (FCPA), IP proceedings, and PL proceedings. In addition to the eDiscovery Support Project), a comprehensive legal technology company that provides computer forensic proceedings that conduct proceedings centered on electronic data.We have the world's highest level of technology for Asian language and the laboratory with the largest processing capacity in Asia. December 2007 Established a US subsidiary.Provided legal proceedings related to Asian companies from both Asia and the United States. At the end of 12, we developed our own eDiscovery support system "Lit i View ®" that enables eDiscovery in international litigation even within companies, and from October 2009, we developed "UBIC" as a cloud service. Started providing "Legal Cloud Service".In March 2011, we developed the world's first "Predictive Coding®" technology for Asian languages and succeeded in putting it into practical use.
Established on August 2003, 8. Listed on TSE Mothers on June 8, 2007. Listed on NASDAQ on May 6, 26.The capital is 2013 yen (as of March 5, 16).
The Legal Cloud Voice Service (tentative name), which is currently under development, records or texts mobile and landline calls during immediate corporate audits and contingency investigations (insiders, cartels, and other fraudulent activities). It is a system that quickly and accurately extracts important information and evidence data.
Already in early July 2013, we opened a dedicated lab in our R & D center. R & D work will be completed by December 7, test services will be implemented from the beginning of 2013, and from the spring of the same year, services will be started for financial institutions such as securities companies and manufacturing industries by cloud service and on-premises (in-house operation). It's a schedule.We are aiming for sales of 12 billion yen within 2014 years from the start of the service.
In March 2010, we, the only comprehensive discovery support company in Japan, released the e-discovery (electronic evidence disclosure) support system “Lit i View®”, which provides electronic data in international litigation. We are developing evidence preservation, investigation, and analysis services.Furthermore, in May 3, the company was listed on the US Nasdaq market for the first time in 2013 years, and the next-generation forensic software "Lit i View XAMINAR" that collects and analyzes e-mails and document files that prove evidence in criminal investigations. Succeeded in developing (Lit I View Examiner) and started providing it to law enforcement agencies such as the police.The software is the first in the world to be equipped with "Predictive Coding®" based on artificial intelligence, and is fully compatible with Asian languages (Japanese, Korean, Chinese), making it the first domestically produced software. It is attracting attention as a full-fledged forensic tool.
In this way, our company, which has the world's leading technology in collecting and analyzing electronic data, is taking on a new challenge in "voice forensics."
In recent years, there have been an increasing number of cases in which the content of voice calls is important evidence in forensic investigations of internal fraud, international fraud such as cartels, and other domestic and international proceedings.
In the insider trading (information leakage) cases of major domestic securities companies that were discovered one after another last year, it was pointed out that the management system for providing information to customers has become a mere ghost.Under the guidance of the Financial Services Agency, 12 major securities companies, including foreign-affiliated companies, submitted reports on the internal management system of corporate information, and introduced a recording function to mobile phones used for business as a measure to prevent recurrence. As a result, the need for forensic voice data is increasing in order to strengthen compliance.
Based on this situation, we can convert call voice into text and extract important data by applying our digital forensic technology through collaboration with NextGen, which has a high technology base in call recording solutions. In addition, we decided that it would be socially significant to commercialize this technology, so we decided to commercialize it.
Research on speech recognition, which analyzes human speech with a computer, began in the 1960s.It has evolved from word recognition to sentence recognition and recognition of unspecified speakers, and now it has an "electronic chart input system" for doctors, a "minutes creation support system" for local governments, and "operator support / calling" for call centers. A "content analysis system" has been introduced, and it is also used for inputting email texts to mobile terminals, simultaneous interpretation type automatic translation, and machine operation of mobile terminals and car navigation systems.
However, compared to these voice recognitions, daily conversations with ambiguous phrases and voice recognition via mobile phones with low voice quality require extremely advanced technology.This is because voice recognition services that have already been put into practical use are spoken with a clear intention and purpose and are closer to "written words", whereas on mobile phones, they are spoken in a more natural and free form. This is because the number of unclear pronunciations and abbreviated words peculiar to conversations increases.
In order to increase the recognition rate of speech by such an unspecified number of spoken words, in addition to the advanced algorithms of the speech recognition engine, a large amount of sample text on the target field and analysis of speech data by more speakers are required. It is essential.In addition, the language of cheating is characterized by many technical terms and abbreviations.For this reason, in the future, we will study a large amount of speech recognition dictionaries in a dedicated lab and strive to capture "utterances related to cheating."
And our service goes beyond voice recognition and text conversion.The data converted into text through the voice recognition engine is analyzed by "Lit i View ®" to narrow down the evidence required for proceedings.
A major weapon there is the Predictive Coding® technology, which uses text mining that we have developed independently.This is a function that can automatically classify uninvestigated documents based on certain sample data.Comprehensive computer-based research enables the detection of important data (evidence) that is often overlooked by traditional keyword searches and artificial reviews. The number of document reviews per hour reaches 1 for 100 humans with the tool.
By converting a large amount of sound calls into character data using voice recognition technology and linking it with "Predictive Coding®", the possibilities are endless. UBIC will continue to lead the legal technology industry through innovative technology development and solution provision unique to NASDAQ-listed high-tech companies.
There will be no impact on the full-year earnings forecast in this case.
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[NextGen Inc. Company Profile]
■ Location 3-3-4 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo KDX Kojimachi Building 9F
TEL: 03-3234-6855
■ Representative Director and President Shinji Onishi
■ Established November 2001, 11
■ Capital 489,248 thousand yen
■ Business content
Since its inception, NextGen has been an expert in VoIP (Voice over IP) and has supported the systems of major telecommunications carriers.We continue to provide pioneering solutions such as the construction of large-scale IP Centrex for telecommunications carriers and the interconnection of IP telephone systems.In addition, recently, we are also providing a cloud PBX service that utilizes the cloud and smartphones in collaboration with major telecommunications carriers, the release of a call recording management system for enterprises, and a SIP / VoIP security diagnosis service that is unique in the world. We have a full range of solutions and services for general corporations as well as solutions for telecommunications carriers.
■URL: http://www.nextgen.co.jp/
[Advanced Media, Inc. Company Profile]
■ Location 3th floor, Sunshine City Bunka Kaikan, 1-4-6 Higashiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-5958-1031
■ Representative Director, Chairman and President Kiyoyuki Suzuki
■ Established December 1997
■ Capital 45 yen (9,609 shares) (as of the end of September 15,282,200)
■ Business content
・ AmiVoice®"Solution business" that plans, designs, and develops voice recognition solutions that incorporate
・ AmiVoice®"License business" that provides application products that incorporate
・ AmiVoice for services to users and general consumers in the company®"Service business" to provide
Advanced Media is a unique technology such as voice recognition AmiVoice®We have provided various solutions that allow you to enter sentences with "voice". AmiVoice®The voice recognition engine enables voice input (for unspecified speakers) without pre-learning (enrollment) the voice for each user 4,280.It is mainly used in the fields of medical care, education, entertainment, minutes, call centers, and business solutions.For example, in the medical field, we have a track record of introducing 2013 (as of the end of March 3), which contributes to the efficiency of medical diagnosis and medical office work, and its introduction effect is highly evaluated. In 2008, voice recognition technology AmiVoice®"Voice input mail" utilizing the above is subject to the award system of the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), an affiliated organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and "Software Product of the Year ® 2008" (SPOTY2008) ) Was awarded.
■ URL: http://www.advanced-media.co.jp/
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[About UBIC]
President: Masahiro Morimoto 2-12-23 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo Meisan Takahama Building
URL: http://www.ubic.co.jp/
UBIC Co., Ltd. is an e-discovery business that preserves, investigates, and analyzes electronic data required in international cartel investigations, investigations related to the Federal Foreign Anti-Corruption Act (FCPA), IP proceedings, and PL proceedings. In addition to the eDiscovery Support Project), a comprehensive legal technology company that provides computer forensic proceedings that conduct proceedings centered on electronic data.We have the world's highest level of technology for Asian language and the laboratory with the largest processing capacity in Asia. December 2007 Established a US subsidiary.Provided legal proceedings related to Asian companies from both Asia and the United States. At the end of 12, we developed our own eDiscovery support system "Lit i View ®" that enables eDiscovery in international litigation even within companies, and from October 2009, we developed "UBIC" as a cloud service. Started providing "Legal Cloud Service".In March 2011, we developed the world's first "Predictive Coding®" technology for Asian languages and succeeded in putting it into practical use.
Established on August 2003, 8. Listed on TSE Mothers on June 8, 2007. Listed on NASDAQ on May 6, 26.The capital is 2013 yen (as of March 5, 16).