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Microphone Selection Guide: Quick Recommendations **Specifically, we have taken into account recommendations provided on-line by knowbrainer and emicrophones In significantly quieter environments the differences between microphones can be expected to be somewhat less. *Our true 'proving ground' for the quality of a microphone is our experience on a busy and noisy hospital ward. We will provide relative rating of microphones using a scale of 1-5, shown visually as follows: Fair

ratings provided by other microphone dealers**.

comments and evaluations posted on on-line forums.

our own experience in using these microphones*.

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What we have used to develop our rating for each microphone is admittedly somewhat subjective and is based on a series of factors, including: Further complicating matters is the likely variability of microphones based on dictation environment, user voice qualities, dictation style, and computer. Microphone Selection Guide: Our Rating SystemĬomparing microphones is a difficult task as objective criteria for such comparisons are difficult if not impossible to develop. You can read more about these devices near the bottom of this guide. If you purchase a standard analog microphone without an integrated USB sound adapter, we recommend purchasing an external USB sound adapter and interfacing your microphone to your computer with this adapter.

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Several microphones include built in USB devices, including the VXI Talk Pro USB 100 & 200, the Andrea NC 181 an 185 VM USB mics, the Speechware 6-in-1 microphone, the Samson Q1U, the Dictaphone PowerMic II, the Philips SpeechMic, and several of the wireless microphones such as the Sennheiser DW Office and Jabra 9470. The bottom line is that use of an external sound conversion device (adapter) is not essential but is highly recommended. The use of an external sound adapter makes it more practical to move a voice profile from one computer to another and get predictably similar results, because both the user files and sound converting device are being moved.

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External sound adapters are specifically designed for use with pc microphones are more apt to provide the correct voltage for your microphone and provide more predictably good results.

The external USB Sound Adapter accomplishes the process outside of the 'electrically loud' environment of your personal computer and theoretically this may improve the quality of the process.

There are three main advantages to using a system doing the conversion outside of your computer:

The analog to digital conversion can happen outside of your computer (with either a converting device integrated into the microphone or with an independent converting device) or with your computer's on-board sound card.

All microphones create an analog signal which needs to be converted to a digital signal for use with your computer software. There are, in addition, a variety of microphone types based on the outward design of the microphone: The alteration of voltage caused by sound waves (an analog type signal) travels into your PC sound card or external sound card and is converted into a digital signal which is interpreted by your PC software. Generally such microphones include a very small 'pre-amplifier' to boost this signal and which requires application of a small external voltage. Virtually all of the commonly used microphones employed with personal computers are termed electret microphones and operate by using a permanently electrically charged material which alters its voltage when deflected by sound waves.

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Microphone Selection Guide Which speech recognition microphone is right for you?Īre you new to speech recognition software? Do you have the new Windows operating system and wonder which microphone you should use with the included speech recognition capabilities? Have you out-grown the microphone that came with your copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking? What follows is a simple overview of commonly used microphones and accessories used with speech recognition software.

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