I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button
Published on: 2025-07-25 04:12:44
Handy M0100 Thursday May 1st, 2025
I turned a 40 year old Apple Mouse into a speech to text button for my computer.
This is an Apple M0100 Mouse from 1985, originally designed for the Apple Macintosh. We're gonna turn it into a wireless input device, built for speech to text.
The Handy M0100 features:
Wireless Bluetooth connectivity
Convenient USB-C charging via a port on the bottom
A classic, iconic design. An ideal complement to your Macbook.
Wanna learn more? Well strap in, I got a lot of details below. If you prefer video, check out the short or full length YouTube Video
Backstory
I went to the SoCal Vintage Computer Fair with my friend Jordan. At the time I had a broken finger and had been working on the Footy foot pedal. I had just finished the prototype, so going into the event I brought Footy. I saw PCBway was a sponsor and I was interested in talking to someone there about the possibility of making custom PCB design for it. While I didn't end up making a custom PCB fo
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