Project Investigator: Yeung Ying Ki (Niki)
School/Department: BA (Humanities and Digital Technologies)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Research Project Overview and Description:
Ora combines artificial intelligence dialog, secure data storage, and digital human technology to construct an intelligent memory partner designed for lifelong narrative preservation. The research evaluates voice audio processing, speech recognition across diverse dialects, sentiment analysis, and machine learning models to translate spoken personal accounts into structured, literary biographies. The project targets humanistic preservation, providing intergenerational cultural heritage records particularly geared toward children and the elderly.
Research Outcome:
A fully functioning software and hardware prototype comprising a Multilingual and Dialect Speech Recognition Module, an automated Biography Generation Engine, a secure long-term digital preservation platform, and an application interface compatible across multiple consumer devices.
Funding Source:
Seed Fund for Students
For enquiries:
Please contact at atlab@hku.hk