The best submission will receive a 10 yen Amazon gift card! We are looking for technical articles on speech recognition APIs and generative AI at "Zennfes Spring 2026".

2026.05.19

We are offering a 20-hour free trial of the "AmiVoice® API".

Advanced Media, Inc. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kiyoyuki Suzuki; hereinafter referred to as Advanced Media) will be offering the following until Friday, June 26, 2026:Creating voice experiences with speech recognition APIs and generative AIWe are soliciting submissions of technical articles on the theme of "Utilizing the speech recognition API 'AmiVoice API'".
This project will be held as part of "Zennfes Spring 2026," a spring technical article submission festival hosted by "Zenn," an information sharing community for engineers operated by Classmethod, Inc. Our company is participating in this event as a Premier Sponsor.

"Zennfes Spring 2026" is a festival of technical article submissions that encourages engineers to "write" and "explore new technologies" for that purpose. It will be held as Zenn's largest "festival," where the entire community can share knowledge based on a variety of themes set by Zenn management and Premier sponsor companies.

Advanced Media has the No. 1 domestic market share^*We provide the "AmiVoice API," a speech recognition API that leverages our AI speech recognition technology AmiVoice to easily integrate transcription and voice input functions into applications and services.

This call for submissions aims to share a wide range of knowledge regarding the application of speech recognition by having participants submit technical articles focusing on implementation examples that combine the speech recognition API "AmiVoice API" with generative AI. We are also offering a special perk: a free trial of "AmiVoice API" for up to 20 hours, making it easy for even those new to speech recognition APIs to participate.

We will select the best entry from all submissions and award it a ¥10 Amazon gift card. We encourage you to submit your challenging projects, including unique ideas and implementation innovations utilizing speech recognition and generation AI, as well as insights gained from real-world applications.

Recruitment contents

Period	February 2026, 5 (Monday) to March 11, 2026 (Friday)
Theme	"Creating voice experiences with speech recognition APIs and generative AI"
way to participate	1. Publish the article. You will choose a theme from the submission topics and write an article (one theme per article). 2. Open the article's publication page. I will publish the article on Zenn. Drafts are not accepted. 3. Select the contest that matches the relevant theme and apply. https://zenn.dev/contests/zennfes-spring-2026-amivoice
Target	・Those interested in development utilizing speech recognition APIs • Those working on app development using generative AI Individual developers, engineers, etc.
Free trial benefits	By entering the coupon code below, you can use the "AmiVoice API" for free for 10 hours each month in May and June. Coupon code: Na5bkyRHoi Please check the following website for instructions on how to use the coupon. https://acp.amivoice.com/blog/zenn_2026/?utm_source=zenn&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=event_A
prize	Grand Prize: Amazon Gift Card worth 10 yen
Details	For more details, please check the page below. https://zenn.dev/events/zennfes-spring-2026

"Zennfes Spring 2026" Event Overview

Article submission period	Thursday, July 2026, 5 to Monday, August 7, 6
Result announcement	Early January 2026
Details	https://zenn.dev/events/zennfes-spring-2026
Remarks	Related offline event: "Zennfes Spring @ Hibiya" Held on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at the Classmethod Hibiya office. A collection of impressive sessions will be held, recreating the Zenn homepage in Hibiya, where Zenn's expertise will intersect in a real-world setting.

About the "AmiVoice API"

"AmiVoice API" has the No. 1 domestic market share^*Advanced Media, the company that develops the AI speech recognition AmiVoice, offers an AI speech recognition API service through its "AmiVoice Cloud Platform (a voice technology platform for developers providing voice-related technologies)." Speech recognition functions, such as converting speech to text, can be implemented in systems that are integrated with the API. It boasts numerous features, including real-time transcription leveraging its high recognition rate, recognition of proper nouns and company jargon through word registration, and automatic removal of fillers such as "um," "uh," and "well."