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MSSpeech Forum : Laptop microphone https://www.msspeech-forum.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:18:00 +0000 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:41:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.02 360 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=127 <![CDATA[MSSpeech Forum]]> https://www.msspeech-forum.com/forum_images/msspeech_forum.png https://www.msspeech-forum.com/ <![CDATA[Laptop microphone : Thanks, I'll let you guys...]]> https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post646.html#646 Author: Jim
Subject: 127
Posted: 17/Oct/2009 at 8:41pm

Thanks,

I'll let you guys know how they work.

Jim

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:41:22 +0000 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post646.html#646 <![CDATA[Laptop microphone : Jim wrote:have ordereda pair...]]> https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post644.html#644 Author: mmarkoe
Subject: 127
Posted: 17/Oct/2009 at 11:15am

Jim wrote:

have ordered a pair of Plantronics virtual phone booths. I hope they will be adequate.

From what I have just read about this, it is apparently designed for gamers and Internet telephony. The noise suppression touted for this device is in the earphones and not the microphone. We've found Plantronics microphones to work OK in very quiet environments. However, if you have any kind of background noise, accuracy tends to degrade for speech recognition software.

In any event, they should be better than your built in microphone on the notebook.

Marty

Edited by mmarkoe - 17/Oct/2009 at 11:16am]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:15:02 +0000 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post644.html#644 <![CDATA[Laptop microphone : Thank you, I kind of thought...]]> https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post643.html#643 Author: Jim
Subject: 127
Posted: 17/Oct/2009 at 12:57am

Thank you,

I kind of thought that might be the case but thought I would ask somebody.

I tried a dragon voice rec. program about ten years ago and after about a week

gave it up but thought I would give this one a try being free and all.

I need to get a head set for another program and have ordered a pair of Plantronics virtual

phone booths. I hope they will be adequate.

Thanks again for your' help.

Jim

]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:57:41 +0000 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post643.html#643 <![CDATA[Laptop microphone : Jim wrote:Will the built in...]]> https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post641.html#641 Author: mmarkoe
Subject: 127
Posted: 16/Oct/2009 at 8:30am

Jim wrote:

Will the built in microphone in my laptop work for W.S.R.?

You could try but the results are likely to be unusable to unacceptable. A close talk microphone (headset, handheld or boom mounted) has a lower gain because it expects to pick up your voice from a close distance. A microphone on a computer notebook has a stronger signal pickup and will also pickup background noise which will degrade your voice signal.

Marty

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:30:40 +0000 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post641.html#641 <![CDATA[Laptop microphone : Will the built in microphone in...]]> https://www.msspeech-forum.com/laptop-microphone_topic127_post640.html#640 Author: Jim
Subject: 127
Posted: 15/Oct/2009 at 11:15pm

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