The Ford Mustang became a global muscle car in 2015 when it went on sale in Asia, Europe, and other markets for the first time. To accommodate China, Engineers from Ford's Research and Engineering Center in Nanjing have helped the Ford Mustang, the country's top-selling sports coupe, master the ancient art of China's traditional handwriting system.
Before, drivers had to manually type commands with phonetic spellings of Chinese words using the alphabet. Now, Fords' new Sync 3 infotainment system recognizes Chinese characters written directly on the Mustang's touchscreen.
Drivers can now use their fingers to scribble in an address on the navigation screen, and the system immediately converts each character into a typeface. The new Sync 3 can recognize more than 2,500 characters used in the Chinese.
The system also houses different writing styles, and characters can be written at different angles. In addition, Ford's voice control system picks up on Mandarin Chinese spoken in 14 different regional accents.
SYNC Supervisor for Ford Asia Pacific, Fisher Xu, "The Chinese version of SYNC 3 is far more than just a translation of global technology. It's been localized to respond to a Chinese driver's needs with a local point of view, from the voice commands that understand our accents and our habits to the way we structure our statements."
Furthermore, the Sync 3 can also understand Chinese character written at angles of up to 15 degrees. Meaning, after a drive, is buckled up and about to pull out of a parking space, they can lean over and handwrite any address or point of interest. Or, while they drive their Ford Mustang, the front seat passenger can lean across and scribble, and the Sync 3 understand that just as easily.
The Ford Mustang isn't the only car to receive the new Sync 3 recognition technology. The new technology will also be available on the Kuga, Focus, Explorer, Edge, and Taurus Limited Edition vehicles that are sold in China.
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