NetEase Ba Ge Says

Ba Ge said that this voice input agent was developed by NetEase Yidao, and its main promotional slogan is “5 times faster than typing”.

The difference between it and ordinary voice input methods lies in the intermediate processing step. What you say often includes phrasal habits, repetitions, and inverted sentences; traditional voice transcription systems will simply convert these into text as they are. However, Ba Ge’s system organizes this information into readable written content—it adds pauses where necessary, removes redundant words, and can even transform the resulting text into an email, a summary, or a list of key points, if required.

The typical way to use this function is to voice your thoughts while walking or driving, and what you end up with is a piece of text that can be sent directly. This is particularly convenient for people who often send long messages on WeChat or prepare work reports.

Leveraging Youdao’s own voice and language models, Chinese recognition is one of its strong points. Currently, the product interface is relatively lightweight, and the specific functions available will be determined after actual login. However, the basic capabilities can be used for free.