Global and China Speech Recognition Industry Report, 2015-2020
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Propelled by big data, mobile Internet, cloud computing, and other technologies, global intelligent voice industry has entered the stage of rapid application. Global intelligent voice market size was USD4.75 billion in 2014 and is predicted to grow 30.7% from a year ago to hit USD6.21 billion in 2015.
With intense involvement of Internet giants including Google, Microsoft, and Apple around 2010, global intelligent voice industry has gradually evolved from oligopoly to monopolistic competition. In 2015, speech recognition leader Nuance still took the first place with a market share of 31.1% but suffered a significant decline; Google, Microsoft, Apple, and IFLYTEK witnessed rapid share growth, standing at 20.7%, 13.4%, 12.9%, and 6.7%, respectively.
Thanks to national policy support and demand growth from downstream sectors, China’s intelligent voice industry also flourishes with an ever-expanding market size. In 2015, the Chinese intelligent voice market scale was estimated at RMB4.68 billion, a year-on-year surge of 53.1%, making up around 12% of the global market.
Traditional Chinese speech recognition companies mostly take a place in intelligent voice market by relying on domestic scientific research institutions, while new firms largely accelerate their presence in intelligent voice industry via financing. The majority of the Chinese intelligent voice market is held by iFLYTEK, Baidu, and Apple (a combined 79% share in 2015). To gain an advantage in market competition, Chinese speech recognition players have flooded into market segments such as intelligent in-vehicle, smart home, and wearable devices.
In intelligent in-vehicle field, speech recognition giants Nuance, Apple, Google, Microsoft, iFLYTEK, and Baidu have launched Dragon Drive in-vehicle speech development platform, CarPlay, AndroidAuto, Windows in the Car, Auto Speech System, and CarLife, respectively, and cooperated with carmakers to grab emerging intelligent in-vehicle market.

As the application of speech recognition technology in intelligent in-vehicle, smart home, and wearable devices goes deeper, global and Chinese intelligent voice market will maintain the momentum of rapid growth, reaching estimated USD19.17 billion and RMB25.14 billion in 2020, respectively.
Global and China Speech Recognition Industry Report, 2015-2020 highlights the followings:
Global intelligent voice industry (development history, status quo, business model, competitive landscape);
China’s intelligent voice industry (current development, relevant policies, competitive landscape);
Market segments of speech recognition technology (development of intelligent in-vehicle, smartphone, PC, smart home, and wearable devices, and speech recognition companies’ layout in these segments);
7 foreign and 10 Chinese speech recognition technology-related companies (speech recognition business and application in automotive field).
1 Speech Recognition Technology
1.1 Definition and Classification
1.2 Technical Principle
1.3 Industry Chain
2 Global Intelligent Voice Industry
2.1 Development History
2.2 Status Quo
2.3 Business Model
2.4 Competitive Landscape
3 Intelligent Voice Industry in China
3.1 Status Quo of Development
3.2 Relevant Policies
3.3 Competitive Landscape
4 Market Segments
4.1 Intelligent In-vehicle
4.2 Smartphone
4.3 PC
4.4 Smart Home
4.5 Wearable Devices
5 Major Foreign Speech Recognition Players
5.1 Nuance
5.1.1 Profile
5.1.2 Operation
5.1.3 Revenue Structure
5.1.4 R&D
5.1.5 Speech Recognition Business
5.1.6 Application in Automotive Field
5.2 Apple
5.2.1 Profile
5.2.2 Operation
5.2.3Revenue Structure
5.2.4 R&D
5.2.5 Speech Recognition Business
5.2.6 Application in Automotive Field
5.3 Google
5.3.1 Profile
5.3.2 Operation
5.3.3 Revenue Structure
5.3.4 R&D
5.3.5 Speech Recognition
5.3.6 Application in Automotive Field
5.4 Microsoft
5.4.1 Profile
5.4.2 Operation
5.4.3 Revenue Structure
5.4.4 R&D
5.4.5 Speech Recognition
5.4.6 Application in Automotive Field
5.5 IBM
5.5.1 Profile
5.5.2 Speech Recognition
5.6 MindMeld
5.7 Speaktoit
6 Major Chinese Speech Recognition Companies
6.1 iFlyTek
6.1.1 Profile
6.1.2 Operation
6.1.3 Revenue Structure
6.1.4 Gross Margin
6.1.5 R&D and Investment
6.1.6 Speech Recognition Business
6.1.7 Application in Automotive Field
6.1.8 Forecast and Outlook
6.2 Baidu
6.2.1 Profile
6.2.2 Operation
6.2.3 Revenue Structure
6.2.4 R&D
6.2.5 Speech Recognition Business
6.2.6 Application in Automotive Field
6.3 AI Speech
6.3.1 Profile
6.3.2 Speech Recognition Business
6.3.3 Application in Automotive Field
6.4 Unisound
6.4.1 Profile
6.4.2 Speech Recognition Business
6.4.3 Application in Automotive Field
6.5 ThinkIT
6.5.1 Profile
6.5.2 Speech Recognition Business
6.5.3 Major Customers
6.6 SinoVoice
6.6.1 Profile
6.6.2 Operation
6.6.3 Revenue Structure
6.6.4 Gross Margin
6.6.5 R&D
6.6.6 Speech Recognition Business
6.6.7Application in Automotive Field
6.6.8 Forecast and Outlook
6.7 Pattek
6.7.1 Profile
6.7.2 Operation
6.7.3 Speech Recognition Technology
6.8 Mobvoi (Chumenwenwen)
6.8.1 Profile
6.8.2 Operation
6.9 d-Ear
6.9.1 Profile
6.9.2 Speech Recognition
6.10 Vcyber
6.10.1 Profile
6.10.2 Application in Automotive Field
7 Summary and Forecast
7.1 Overall Market
7.2 Competitive Landscape
7.2.1 Nuance: Declining Market Share; Actively Explores Emerging Markets
7.2.2 Google: A Latecomer Getting Ahead of Others; Its Biggest Advantage Lies in User Flows
7.2.3 Microsoft: Blossoming of Voice Application
7.2.4 SIRI: Higher Users’ Awareness Helped by Apple
7.2.5 IBM: Gradual Fading-out Because of Poor User Experience
7.2.6 iFlyTek: Unshakeable Speech Recognition Leader in China
Voiceprint Recognition Flowchart
Intelligent Voice Human-Computer Interaction Industry Chain
Level of Voice Technology Development
Development History of Global Intelligent Voice Industry
Global Intelligent Voice Market Size, 2011-2015
Speech Recognition Products of Global Speech Recognition Companies and Their Applications
Major M&A Cases of Global Speech Recognition Companies
Business Model of Speech Recognition Industry
Market Share of Global Intelligent Voice Companies, 2012
Market Share of Global Intelligent Voice Companies, 2015
China’s Intelligent Voice Market Size, 2013-2015
Policies on Chinese Speech Recognition Industry, 2010-2015
Major Chinese Speech Recognition Companies and Related Research Institutes
Market Share of Chinese Intelligent Voice Companies, 2012
Market Share of Chinese Intelligent Voice Companies, 2015
Financing Cases of Major Chinese Speech Recognition Companies
Global Automobile Output, 2012-2015
China’s Passenger Vehicle Output and Sales Volume, 2012-2015
China’s Automobile Ownership, 2012-2015
Intelligent In-vehicle Products of Major Global Speech Recognition Companies and Their Customers
Comparison of Mobile Mapping System of Global Speech Recognition Enterprises
Intelligent In-vehicle Layout of Global Speech Recognition Enterprises
Global Smartphone Shipments and YoY Growth Rate, 2013-2015
China’s Smartphone Shipments and YoY Growth Rate, 2013-2015
Comparison of Major Global Voice Assistant Products
Global PC Shipments and YoY Growth Rate, 2012-2015
Application of Intelligent Voice Technology in Smart Home
Market Size and YoY Growth Rate of China’s Wearable Device Industry, 2013-2015
Wearable Devices of Major Global Speech Recognition Enterprises
Revenue and Net Income of Nuance, FY2012-FY2015
Revenue Breakdown of Nuance (By Business), FY2012-FY2015
Revenue Structure of Nuance (By Business), FY2012-FY2015
Revenue Breakdown of Nuance (By Region), FY2013-FY2015
R&D Costs of Nuance, FY2012-FY2015
Major Partners of Nuance
Main Functions of Nuance’s Dragon Drive Automotive Assistant
Revenue and Net Income of Apple, FY2013-FY2015
Revenue Breakdown of Apple (by Region), FY2013-FY2015
Revenue Structure of Apple (by Region), FY2013-FY2015
Revenue Breakdown of Apple (by Product), FY2013-FY2015
Revenue Breakdown of Apple (by Product), FY2013-FY2015
Sales Volume of Apple’s Main Products, FY2013-FY2015
R&D Costs of Apple, FY2013-FY2015
Revenue and Net Income of Google, 2011-2015
Revenue Breakdown of Google (by Product), 2013-2015
Revenue Structure of Google (by Product), 2013-2015
Revenue Breakdown of Google (by Region), 2013-2015
Revenue Structure of Google (by Region), 2013-2015
R&D Costs of Google, 2013-2015
Revenue and Net Income of Microsoft, FY2011-FY2015
Revenue Breakdown of Microsoft (by Division), FY2013-FY2015
Revenue Structure of Microsoft (by Division), FY2013-FY2015
R&D Costs of Microsoft, FY2013-FY2015
Major Investors of MindMeld
Business Model of iFLYTEK
Revenue and Net Income of iFLYTEK, 2012-2015
Revenue Breakdown of iFLYTEK (by Product), 2012-2015
Revenue Structure of iFLYTEK (by Product), 2012-2015
Revenue Breakdown of iFLYTEK (by Region), 2013-2015
Main Products of iFLYTEK
Gross Margin of iFLYTEK (by Product), 2013-2015
R&D Costs of iFLYTEK, 2012-2015
Non-Public Offering Fundraising Projects of iFLYTEK, 2015
Function Component Modules and Structure of InterReco
Function of Aitalk 3.0
Function Component Modules and Structure ofInterVeri 2.1
Revenue and Net Income of iFLYTEK, 2015-2020E
Revenue and Net Income of Baidu, 2012-2015
Revenue Breakdown of Baidu (by Product), 2012-2015
Revenue Structure of Baidu (by Product), 2012-2015
R&D Costs of Baidu, 2012-2015
Cooperative Partners of Baidu Speech
Main Solutions of Unisound
Major Partners of Unisound
Intelligent Vehicular Cases of Unisound
Ownership Structure of ThinkIT
Performance Indicators of ThinkITSpeech Recognition Engine
Technical Features of ThinkITSpeech Recognition Engine
Performance Indicators of ThinkIT Voiceprint Recognition
Cooperative Partners of ThinkIT
Development History of SinoVoice
Revenue and Net Income of SinoVoice, 2013-2015
Revenue Breakdown of SinoVoice (by Product), 2013-2015
Revenue Structure of SinoVoice (by Product), 2013-2015
Top 5 Customers of SinoVoice, 2013-2015
Major Sales Contracts of SinoVoice, 2015
Gross Margin of SinoVoice, 2013-2015
R&D Costs of SinoVoice, 2013-2015
Major Customers of SinoVoice
SinoVoice’s Speech Recognition Applications in Automotive Field
Revenue and Net Income of SinoVoice, 2014-2020E
Financial Indicators of Pattek, 2013-2014
Development History of Mobvoi
Ownership Structure of Mobvoi
Financial Indicators of Mobvoi
Main Speech Recognition Related Products of d-Ear
Major Partners of Vcyber
Cooperation Model of VcyberYujiahuanying
Global Intelligent Voice Market Size, 2015-2020E
Chinese Intelligent Voice Market Size, 2015-2020E
Nuance’s Acquisition of Innovation-oriented Enterprise to Enrich Product Line
Google’s Acquisitions in Intelligent Voice Field
Google Now’s Market Share Investigated by TEC Hnalysis Research, 2015
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