"We saw an opportunity to leverage the power of Baidu AI to bring fast, accurate speech recognition to our customers and the result is pure magic — a mouse that allows you to instantly start dictating with your voice at the click of a button," says Delphine Donne-Crock, general manager of the creativity and productivity business group at Logitech. "We are thrilled to tap into Baidu’s AI superpower for the launch of Logitech Voice M380, and we look forward to collaborating on future products and solutions that unleash everyone’s productivity and creativity in the digital world."
"Baidu Brain is an AI foundation to bridge software and hardware. It comes from years of Baidu AI development and deployment and serves not only Baidu innovations, but also the entire industry as an open platform,” says Tian Wu, Baidu VP for AI department. "We believe Baidu AI will help Logitech strengthen the leadership in peripherals, change people's lifestyle and way of working, improve efficiency and enable smooth communication for people with language barriers."
Compatible with both Windows and Mac computers, the Logitech Voice M380 Wireless Mouse features a clearly labeled voice button that allows people to dictate text using Baidu's speech recognition technology. The technology allows not only to type in Chinese but also offers translation capability to English, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish and Thai.
The Logitech Voice M380 Wireless Mouse offers precise cursor control, a comfortable rubber grip and up to 18-months battery life. The Logitech Voice M380 Wireless Mouse with Baidu Speech Input will be available exclusively in China beginning in April 2021. The suggested retail price for the mouse is 199 RMB (approx. $30 USD), available in graphite, rose and off-white colors.
Baidu Brain has been China's leading AI open platform, offering over 228 AI capabilities for over 1.5 million developers. In 2020, Baidu introduced the latest Baidu Brain 6.0 with a comprehensive upgrade across its AI services from image recognition to semantic understanding. Baidu Brain also encompasses a deep learning framework, scenario-based AI capabilities, a customized training platform, and hardware-to-software integrated modules and solutions.
Baidu also launched DuerOS 6.0, the latest version of its conversational AI system, as well as XiaoduPods, true wireless smart earbuds that represent Baidu's first portable consumer electronics product. The Baidu Mobile Ecosystem Group (MEG) released the innovative virtual assistant app Duxiaoxiao as part of its strategy to offer personalized services through mobile platforms. As the largest system of its kind in China, DuerOS receives over 5.8 billion monthly voice queries, and has more than 40,000 developers and over 4,000 skills.
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