Beijing NetEase Youdao Computer System
- Registered name
- 北京网易有道计算机系统有限公司
- Unified Social Credit Code
911101086669245414registered in Beijing 北京- Website
Beijing NetEase Youdao Computer System (北京网易有道计算机系统有限公司) was registered in Beijing in September 2007. It publishes several of Youdao’s consumer apps, including Youdao Translate, and is the developer of record for Hi Echo. Its legal representative is Zhou Feng (周枫).
Hi Echo, launched in October 2023, is a spoken-English tutoring app built around a virtual-human tutor that holds real-time conversations with learners. It runs on Youdao’s Ziyue (子曰) education large model and was included with Ziyue in the national list of filed deep-synthesis algorithms in August 2023. Version 3.0 followed in June 2024 with IELTS speaking practice. By October 2024 Hi Echo had about a million users and was used in more than 100 schools, and Youdao announced it would join Rokid’s augmented-reality ecosystem. The company holds the copyright registration for the Hi Echo character Hannah. The underlying digital-human algorithm is filed by NetEase Youdao.