Introducing VOX: a microphone you wear on your skin, made for private dictation. Works with low-volume speech (even whispers) and in loud environments. Remappable buttons for your shortcuts.
Augmental launches VOX, a $200 skin-worn microphone for whisper dictation
Integrated remappable buttons support custom user shortcuts.
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Button activation removes always-listening concerns
Unlike voice assistants that wait for wake words, VOX stays off until the user presses a physical button, which the company says is a deliberate choice to avoid continuous audio monitoring.
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Proceeds support the company's accessibility hardware
Each $200 beta unit is fully refundable before shipping and carries a 30-day return window; the company states that money from this batch will fund MouthPad tongue-trackpad units for users who cannot afford them.
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Many users are excited about Augmental's VOX skin-worn mic as an impressive and needed hardware interface for voice-based AI, while some object to its $200 price, limited OS compatibility, and potential data privacy issues.
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I bought one. When I first saw array microphones back when I worked at Microsoft back in 2005 the researcher who showed it to me said he spent $10,000 building it. This is battery powered and costs $200.
Introducing VOX: a microphone you wear on your skin, made for private dictation. Works with low-volume speech (even whispers) and in loud environments. Remappable buttons for your shortcuts.
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Introducing VOX: a microphone you wear on your skin, made for private dictation. Works with low-volume speech (even whispers) and in loud environments. Remappable buttons for your shortcuts.
MouthPad and VOX introduce Skinware, technology worn where the body meets the machine.
In case you missed it, this isn't the only thing we're unveiling today:
Every VOX clip in this thread is a live demo. No cuts.
@StartupYou @augmentaltech Good question. VOX isn't an always-on recorder like Limitless or Friend. You start and stop capture yourself. It supports 2 hours of continuous audio streaming, more than a full day of work, even for heavy dictation users.
@augmentaltech @tomasmas took me to dinner a few weeks ago and he was wearing VOX - the dictation was perfect in a crowded restaurant with VOX under a shirt and a jacket. It blew my mind
@augmentaltech based based based
@augmentaltech Mouthpad integration is cool. But tricking headphone users to upping the volume to get blasted wasn't cool
@augmentaltech Congrats!! This was already amazing months ago, can’t wait to see what you’ve done. Preordered. :)
@augmentaltech Two big announcements in one day — MouthPad going public and now Vox. Huge day for @augmentaltech and @tomasmas!
@augmentaltech my current setup is a gooseneck microphone that looks like it was designed in the mid 1900s, creating on eyesore, stuck on my desk super excited to use this for prompting everywhere
@augmentaltech 🔥 cant wait for this
@augmentaltech How is the battery life?
@augmentaltech Had a great time trying this out!
@augmentaltech @Scobleizer want to come by and try it out?? I have a feeling you would love this.
@augmentaltech This seems delicious
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Get yours at: http://augmental.tech/vox