Shanghai, "Torch Plan" - "seed fund" is the reward and support to innovations and technical companies by Shanghai Science and Technology Commission and the relevant government. On December 30, 2002 Shanghai Voicetune was supported by Shanghai municipal government "seed fund" since the establishment of the company. The company achieved a lot by combined efforts of all the staff. In the past two years, the Shanghai Voicetune successfully developed a "Voicetune speech recognition circuit board", completed a system software, two algorithms, three patents, three papers, and successfully promoted eight products. On January 18, 2005, the joint Group of Experts of both Xuhui and Shanghai Science and Technology Science commission led an assessment to the "seed fund" set up in 2002. The Voicetune speech recognition circuit board project won all the votes, and was praised by leaders of the assessment team experts.