Yes. It's incredible to me that this project seems to have been completed without knowledge or any intent to replicate this scene, that it seems to be entirely coincidental.

Who sees an original mouse and thinks "speech recognition" without this classic context?

Same. I did like 5 text searches in the article to see if I had missed it somehow

My first thought as well!

Here's the scene for those who are unaware: https://youtu.be/90eg_erObDo?si=E0ZbU_k-H7ANLqcZ&t=179

The movie is so corny, but remains my favorite!

Was mildly disappointed that there wasn't a microphone in this project. Still pretty cool though.