The Logitech Voice M380 wireless mouse looks and acts like a regular mouse but with a special button to initiate voice dictation. Baidu claimed recognition facilitates content creation at two to three times the speed of what one can type.
The device supports dictation in Chinese, English, and Japanese, and can translate content to English, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, and Thai. However, as of this month, you can only pick it up in China. There’s no word on when or if it will be available elsewhere.
The Logitech M380 Baidu voice mouse. Click to enlarge
The mouse uses Baidu’s AI open platform Baidu Brain speech technology. The Chinese tech company said of the platform:
As of September 2020, Baidu Brain has developed more than 270 core AI capabilities and created over 310,000 models for developers.
Baidu Brain is made of a security module and four components: a foundation layer (uses open-source Chinese deep learning platform Paddle Paddle, Kunlun AI processors, and databases); the so-called “perception” layer (aggregates the company’s algorithm in voice technology, computer vision and AR/VR); a cognition layer (integrates new information); and a platform layer.
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The mouse comes in three colours, graphite, rose, and off-white, and costs around $30 (£22, €25).
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