Conversation Visualization Service "VUEVO" Participates in Employment Support Project Utilizing Assistive Devices

Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and Chairman: Yoichi Ochiai; Representative Director and President: Taiichiro Murakami; hereinafter "PxDT") announced that the results report of the "Employment Support Project Utilizing Assistive Devices" conducted by the Technology Aid Association (hereinafter "Technology Aid Association") has been published. This report includes the results of the demonstration of "VUEVO," a conversation visualization service provided by PxDT.

■ Project Overview

This project is part of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's "FY2024 Assistive Devices Demonstration and Dissemination Model Project," aiming to build an employment environment where individuals with hearing impairments can maximize their abilities, and to demonstrate the effectiveness of assistive devices. PxDT participated in this project with the theme of demonstrating inclusive communication through its real-time conversation visualization service "VUEVO."

For the demonstration, with the cooperation of the monitoring company Takenaka Corporation, a cross-functional team consisting of manufacturer PxDT and intermediaries verified qualitative changes in communication and their impact on work in the workplace environment.

■ Main Contents of the Published Report

The report published on the Technology Aid Association's website reports the quantitative and qualitative evaluation results regarding the reduction of information acquisition burden and the participation of hearing-impaired employees in work by introducing VUEVO, as follows:

Changes Regarding Information Acquisition

• Evaluations of speaker identification and conversation comprehension improved by approximately 20-30% from both the perspective of the individual and their superiors/colleagues, both in meetings and outside of meetings.

• It was shown that the burden of information acquisition for the individual themselves decreased by 83.8%.

• It is reported that the amount of information obtained from surrounding conversations at one's own desk increased by 90.9%.

Changes in Number of Utterances

A significant change was reported in the number of utterances during meetings, with an 80% increase from the individual's perspective and a 15.8% increase from the perspective of superiors/colleagues.

Improvement in Work Participation and Contribution

• VUEVO functioned as a tool to increase the amount of information obtained regarding conversation content and speakers, thereby enhancing work participation and contribution.

• It was evaluated that the sense of security from being able to acquire and understand information independently improved, leading to an increase in utterances from hearing-impaired employees.

※Since the number of target cases was limited (n=4-5), uniform changes were not observed in all items, and differences in the magnitude of change were seen depending on the item.

【Location of the Results Report】

Technology Aid Association "Employment Support Project Utilizing Assistive Devices"

https://www.techno-aids.or.jp/shuro_support2025.shtml

■ About "VUEVO"

"VUEVO" facilitates smooth communication between people with hearing impairments or difficulties and hearing individuals, using a uniquely developed wireless microphone and dedicated application. It collects sound from 360° in all directions, identifies the direction of the speaker, and displays in real-time "who" is speaking "what," even with multiple simultaneous speakers. Furthermore, it has a real-time translation function supporting over 20 languages, automatically generates summaries using ChatGPT, and can be used for meeting minutes.

https://vuevo.net/

■ About Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.

Pixie Dust Technologies envisions the arrival of "Digital Nature," where computers and non-computers are inseparable, cyclically transcending dichotomies such as language and phenomena, analog and digital, through the fusion of computer science and proprietary wave control technology that freely manipulates sound and light. We currently focus on two main areas for product development: "Healthcare & Diversity," which intervenes in and assists mechanobiology and visual, auditory, and tactile senses using wave control technology, and "Workspace & Digital Transformation," which applies metamaterials (technology that creates properties through structure rather than material) and solves problems in offices and construction sites. While computers are rapidly evolving, the evolution of our biological bodies (hardware) is very slow, and the gap between them is widening. Pixie Dust Technologies skillfully mediates between these two, continuously creating better value for daily life.

Trade Name:         Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.

Company Establishment:         May 2017

Representative Directors:         Yoichi Ochiai, Taiichiro Murakami

Location:         2-2-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

URL:         https://pixiedusttech.com/

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