Xiaomi has crowdfunded its 384th product and it is
the Ink case AI Recording Pen. The portable gadget went on crowdfunding
recently for just 199 yuan (US$ 28). The Ink case AI recording pen comes with
support for high-definition noise reduction, AI transfer, encrypted storage.
The gadget adopts Alibaba Cloud artificial smart
speech engine which supports smart sentence segmentation. It also supports Mandarin
and English translation. The crowdfunding offer also comes with free 120-hour Alibaba Cloud
storage voice transfer service. After the voice recorder app is connected, the
120-hour Alibaba Cloud storage package is activated and is free at a rate of 10
hours per month. You’ll have to pay for extra storage space if it is exhausted.
However, there is a 16GB storage onboard the device.
The Ink case Al recording pen uses an all-digital
MEMS microphone combined with a smart acoustic algorithm to effectively filter
out the ambient noise and reverberation noise caused by indoor space
reflection, and clearly restore the sound. The device has omnidirectional sound
source localization, automatic gain adjustment and other functions optimized by
the algorithm for far-field pickup. The effective recording distance can reach
6 meters.
Connectivity is via Bluetooth 5.0 and when the mobile
phone is connected, the app can realize file synchronization, voice backup,
recording control, text transcription. You can also share the recording via
apps such as WeChat. There is a 300mAh battery and it can be charged via a
USB-C port. The 199 yuan (US$ 28) Ink case AI Recording Pen is
expected to start shipping on August 28.
