ASCII.jp A pinch due to the Chinese government's ban on off-campus learning !? High-tech learning gadgets that make full use of AI unique to China are amazing

Off-campus classes such as cram schools in China are in trouble. This is because the Chinese government has banned off-campus education such as English so as not to burden children.

Chinese government puts a brake on children's enthusiasm for education

Chinese learning machines appeal to AI utilization

Since February last year, when the new corona first spread in China, online education services have grown rapidly and the number of users has increased. However, due to the so-called "double reduction" policy aimed at reducing the burden on children's study, both cram schools and online classrooms have given up the market for high school students and have been forced to change to education for adults and other than study. There is.

"Excessive study is prohibited. Reduce the burden on children."-The author is worried that learning gadgets called "learning machines", which are evolving in mystery in China, will disappear. However, learning machines are not regulated, and after the announcement of the double reduction, adults who are troublesome to teach their children to study by themselves just say, "If you can not go to cram school, there is no choice. Instead, it is a learning gadget!" They started buying and are selling like a fly, up 50% from the previous year.

As I wrote in this series before, Chinese learning gadgets have changed with the times, from electronic dictionary type to Windows CE installed and Android installed. And maybe because it's a learning computer for children, or because it wants to raise the price, for some reason, there are devices with special specifications that are not often seen even in mainstream devices. Among them are Windows CE machines equipped with a QWERTY keyboard, and electronic dictionaries that are useless in places where there is no wireless LAN environment because all dictionaries and study contents are used from the cloud.

Even in China, the number of unique models that "attack" with PCs and smartphones has decreased compared to the past. It can be said that the collection of Kiwamono terminals unique to China is now concentrated on learning machines. It is too regrettable that these products disappear, so I would like to introduce various sharp models that have been released recently. Most of them are "strange" species that are not the models that could be released only when there was spare capacity, as seen in Japan in the past.

"T10", a learning machine from iFlytek, a tablet department that AI automatically creates and scores questions

The Chinese AI company "Flytek", which wants to remember its name, is pushing a tablet-type "T10" terminal. The price is about 7,000 yuan (about 120,000 yen), which is quite a drastic price, but it is reported that sales are strong due to the needs of studying at home.

Eye Fly Tech's "T10" that allows you to check the prints on your desk

A tablet equipped with a 13-inch, octa-core CPU, 8GB memory, 256GB storage, and a 16-megapixel pop-up in-camera comes with a dedicated pen, and the price seems to be expensive if it is only the specifications. However, it is sold at this price because it is packed with functions that can be used as a learning machine.

The 16-megapixel pop-up in-camera is used to scan the contents of books, notebooks, etc. on the desk. And it is used to automatically score English and Chinese sentences with AI. As for mathematics, a collection of problems placed on the desk is photographed with a camera, AI grasps the weaknesses, and issues problems according to it. Similarly, the problem displayed on the terminal is solved on a wide screen of 13 inches using a dedicated pen, and AI diagnoses the wrong problem and issues a similar problem to solve the weakness. It also has a built-in 4-channel microphone, which makes a diagnosis by listening to the reading of sentences and the pronunciation of English words even in a small voice.

The game is not installed, and it is a model that has a reputation for being able to follow children's studies even in the absence of parents.

Translate by tracing characters with a pen Pen-type learning machine "Alpha Egg T10" that also supports voice input

The pen-shaped scanner-shaped "Alpha Egg T10" is also a learning machine released by IFlytek. There are multiple models available, all weighing less than 100g, with a Wi-Fi connection, and charging via USB Type-C for 4-8 hours. Because it is a pen-type reader, it reads letters and shows the scanned letters and the meaning of the words on the color display on the side of the pen. Furthermore, it is a multifunctional learning machine that reads out translated sentences by voice from the built-in speaker, scans words to be remembered, collects them, and prepares a word test mode. Many dictionaries are also recorded.

Pen-type learner "Alpha Egg T10"

Since the company is strong in AI, it scans the written sentences and then evaluates the sentences and proposes corrections. In addition, voice AI is included, and you can ask questions by voice such as "How do you write the letters ...", "What is the English of the rabbit?", "What is the meaning of the compound word of ..." and get the answer. .. I see, I'm following by voice input that there is no keyboard.

The price is around 1200 yuan, which is less than 20,000 yen in Japanese yen. It is a product of a brand that has been awarded three times by China's prestigious central television "CCTV (China Central Television)". I hope that the sale will not be stopped.

Portable printer "Kanjirushi FT880" that outputs a collection of problems on paper just by giving a voice command

In China, palm-sized thermal transfer printers are sold by multiple manufacturers. Originally, it appeared as a printer that can print memos compactly, and it was sold at general stores, but as the need for online education increased with the new corona, it changed its use as a low-priced compact printer that prints problem books. It's selling. These work with the problem app for smartphones to output tests.

The printer is a printer, but the printer "Kanin FT880" that outputs a collection of problems by giving instructions by voice.

The compact printer "FT880" from a manufacturer called Hanjirushi, which can print up to A4 paper, is a heretical product. At first glance, it is an ordinary portable printer, but it is a "Nikoichi" printer with a built-in Alibaba smart speaker "Tmall Genie", and it prints just by calling for problems. Han-in has taken the printer boom for online learning, released various printers, and refined the test application that recorded many problems, so the amount of problems is sufficient.

Of course, it can also be used as a smart speaker. Pure smart speakers are sluggish in China, but there is also a reason why products with built-in smart speakers are appearing one after another in these other devices. The price is 900 yuan (a little over 15,000 yen).

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