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Intelligent Input App by Tian Wu, Yuting Cai, Meng Xu and Lili Zhai Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
Tian Wu, Yuting Cai, Meng Xu and Lili Zhai honored for interface, interaction and user experience design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Intelligent Input App by Tian Wu, Yuting Cai, Meng Xu and Lili Zhai, designed for Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Intelligent Input App
Intelligent is an input method application for smartphones, tablets and computers. Intelligent combines several artificial intelligence technologies and works on Android, iOS, MacOS and Windows. Face recognition identifies the user and offers a matching mode, such as a mode for older people that supports handwriting and a voice assistant for rare words. Gesture recognition allows handwriting in the air, so text can be entered without touching the screen. The aim is to make communication easier for groups that face barriers in typing and expression.
About Tian Wu, Yuting Cai, Meng Xu and Lili Zhai
Baidu is a leading AI company with a strong Internet foundation. Baidu is one of the few companies in the world that provides full-stack AI technology, including AI chips, software architecture and applications, and is ranked by international organizations as one of the top four AI companies in the world. Baidu's mission is to "make the complex world simpler with technology", and it is committed to "becoming the world's top high-tech company that understands users and helps people grow".
Award Record
Tian Wu, Yuting Cai, Meng Xu and Lili Zhai is a winner of 5 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. All of the awards belong to the 2021 - 2022 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design Award
The A' Interface Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good user interface designs by the best UI/UX designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interface designers, interaction designers, user experience designers and digital product designers from all countries. Entries typically include websites, mobile applications, software interfaces, game interfaces, wearable interfaces and virtual reality interfaces. Awarded interface designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interface
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/137199
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/137199
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!137199
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/324278
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Intelligent Input App
- Function
- Input App
- Category
- Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Software
- Colors
- Ghost White, Lavender, Light Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tian Wu, Yuting Cai, Meng Xu and Lili Zhai
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #137199
Credits
- Team
- Tian Wu, Yuting Cai, Meng Xu, Lili Zhai, Li Lei, Chenqiang Jin, Jia Yao
- Image Credits
- Copyright @ Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Integrating multiple AI technologies, this intelligent input method can be applied in multiple intelligent terminals. By switching among the multiple modes targeting different populations, it meets the input demands of different target user groups, provides more intelligent assistance and services, and brings users smoother communication experience.
- Inspiration
- Communication and expression constitute the most common way of human exchange. Four populations (the elderly, deaf-mute, people with expression disorder and people demanding touchless input and communication during the pandemic) cannot engage in efficient communication. This design aims to solve their difficulties in input and communication depending on AI, bring them more confidence and warmth, and enable smooth communication and equality for all.
- Research
- This scheme is designed according to the current situation and trend of vulnerable groups in China and authoritative data research conclusions. We have discovered the common demands of vulnerable groups in software input. In addition, we have conducted user questionnaire and interview for each user group, to further understand and demonstrate their input characteristics and provide more suitable solutions.
- Challenge
- As our design targets special populations, we should consider their difficulties in input by putting ourselves in their position, including practical operation problems and psychological barriers. Therefore, we have our solution proved by more target users, thus to truly solve their input barrier and bring them more confidence and warmth.
- Realization and Technology
- This app is universally applicable to Android, iOS, MacOS and Windows. Consistent experience is provided for different terminals relying on multiple AI technologies.
- Operation and Interaction
- This design identifies users’ demands through face recognition, provides corresponding modes, assists in users’ efficient and accurate expression, and makes people’s communication easier. For example, it identifies the elderly through AI face recognition, offers the elderly mode, and helps the elderly input rare words in handwriting with the voice assistant; or enables handwriting in the air through gesture recognition, and guarantees users’ safety as users can input without touching the screen.
- Project Duration and Location
- Initiated in November 2019, with handwriting in the air released in May 2020, the intelligent input for the elderly launched in April 2021, and other functions expected to come out in succession. The development team is now based in Beijing.
- Specifications
- Universally applicable to all models including Android, iOS, MacOS and Windows and all sizes.
- Keywords
- Intelligent input, artificial intelligence (AI), user experience (UX), user interface design, expression assistance, elderly input, touchless input
