Baidu quietly launches TalkType, an Android keyboard with fast speech input

Baidu, the Chinese search giant, has quietly released an early preview of TalkType, a virtual keyboard for Android devices that lets you use your voice as your main input method. All you have to do is hit the microphone icon in the middle of the keyboard and start talking, and Baidu will quickly and fairly accurately dictate what you’re saying.
Think of it as a speech-first alternative to the Google Keyboard. Like the Google Keyboard, in TalkType you can peck with your fingers to type out