{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8e217df7189be33101a267d3","clusterId":"c_849a82e0195f2ca7c6919399","slug":"timekettle-opens-makuake-pre-orders-for-w4-plus-interpreting-earbuds","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Timekettle Opens Makuake Pre-Orders For W4 Plus Interpreting Earbuds","summary":"Timekettle opened Makuake pre-orders for the W4 Plus, its latest set of AI interpreting earbuds, on October 8. The earbuds handle face-to-face two-way interpretation, phone and web conference interpretation, and audio/video translation, with AI meeting minutes generated after a conversation. Online interpretation covers 52 languages and 106 accents, with 13 language pairs available offline. Makuake pricing starts at 47,599 yen against a planned retail price of 67,999 yen, with delivery scheduled by the end of January 2027.","whyItMatters":"Timekettle is pricing the W4 Plus on the absence of a monthly fee for its summarization and meeting-minutes features, which puts the recurring cost of interpretation software up for comparison rather than the hardware alone.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Makuake project runs from 11:00 on October 8, 2026 to 21:59 on December 7. The planned general retail price is 67,999 yen, and the campaign price starts at 47,599 yen, with delivery scheduled by the end of January 2027.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hardware pairs a bone voiceprint sensor with dual microphones and a noise reduction system Timekettle calls the VoiceFocus algorithm. In internal testing, the company reported average speech recognition accuracy above 90 percent in office and cafe environments. The translation engine, Babel OS 3.0, covers terminology in IT, manufacturing, environment and energy, and medical and biotech.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Makuake pricing at 47,599 yen versus a 67,999 yen retail asks buyers to fund a product roughly 16 months before delivery, when offline coverage is still 13 language pairs against 52 online.","twitterPost":"Timekettle's W4 Plus cutoff is the offline limit: 13 language pairs on-device against 52 online, with delivery not until January 2027.","threadsPost":"Timekettle's W4 Plus pegs online interpretation at 52 languages and 106 accents, but only 13 language pairs work offline. For travelers and meeting rooms without reliable signal, the offline subset decides whether the 47,599 yen Makuake price is a discount or a deposit on January 2027.","newsletterBlurb":"Timekettle opened Makuake pre-orders for the W4 Plus, its latest AI interpreting earbuds, on October 8. The earbuds run four interpretation modes off the Babel OS 3.0 engine, cover 52 languages and 106 accents online with 13 language pairs offline, and generate AI meeting minutes without a monthly fee. Makuake pricing starts at 47,599 yen against a planned retail price of 67,999 yen, with delivery by the end of January 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/440/4440926/?rss\",\"title\":\"Global Interpreter Company Timekettle Announces 'W4 Plus' AI Interpreting Earbuds with Free AI Meeting Minutes and Specialized Translation; Available at a Discount on Makuake Starting Today\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4624,"outputTokens":699,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791428838,"createdAt":"2026-10-08T03:02:39.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_849a82e0195f2ca7c6919399","canonicalTitle":"通訳機の世界企業Timekettleが無料でAI議事録や専門翻訳ができるAI通訳イヤホン「W4 Plus」を発表＝今日からMakuakeでお得に購入可能","representativeArticleId":"a_120062cbf54ef9c9f36f16d6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Timekettle W4 Plus\"],\"studios\":[\"Timekettle\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-08T02:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-08T02:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/440/4440926/?rss","title":"通訳機の世界企業Timekettleが無料でAI議事録や専門翻訳ができるAI通訳イヤホン「W4 Plus」を発表＝今日からMakuakeでお得に購入可能"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Timekettle W4 Plus"],"studios":["Timekettle"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}