In what its being dubbed a worldwide first, Proton has introduced it has efficiently built-in Bahasa Malaysia (BM) into the voice recognition system discovered within the new X50 facelift. The corporate first hinted on the imminent arrival of BM voice instructions in the course of the launch of the eMas 7 final Decemberjust a few months after its ACO Tech three way partnership mentioned its Atlas working system could be improved with assist for extra languages and options.
In line with Proton, the BM voice recognition system was developed along with ACO Tech from October 2024 to Could 2025 and concerned accumulating 4,000 command variations in BM – 4,000 English command variations have been additionally collected throughout this era.
To make sure accuracy throughout a variety of phrases, over 200 samples of ordinary BM, evenly cut up between female and male audio system, have been additionally recorded. That is so the system can adapt to pure language variations equivalent to “open the window” and “open the window.” With all of the work accomplished, the group selected the title ‘Aisyah’ for its first-ever BM voice recognition system.
As a recap, the authentic X70 launched in 2018 got here with voice recognition in its GKUI-based infotainment, though the system solely understood English then. In 2022 – two years after its launch – the infotainment within the pre-facelift X50 obtained Atlas OS that included related companies and a localised voice recognition system optimised for Malaysian English. As such, BM voice recognition assist is simply being launched seven years after the English system.
Proton says its inner knowledge for June 2025 exhibits “good day” being essentially the most continuously spoken phrase with 43,896 instructions recorded. That is adopted by queries starting with the phrase “what” and “name” with 40,779 and 24,647 instructions respectively. In whole, 2.8 million instructions from 228,046 lively customers have been recorded final month.
Over-the-air (OTA) updates will enhance the voice recognition system additional by increasing its vocabulary and assist for extra instructions. “Whereas at present optimised for feminine voices, the group is growing male voice recognition and exploring the combination of different languages and dialects for future iterations,” the corporate acknowledged in its launch.
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