Re: microphone/dictation/Dragon NS

[Guest guest]

I use the Philips SpeechMike Pro Plus. It's a microphone/mouseball that is

held in the hand. It's nice in that I can sit very naturally and use it in

either hand to control the cursor/arrow, so it's great for ergonomics.

The buttons are programmable (I use it for new line, forward and back).

It was a good bit of money but I like it a lot. I believe the accuracy is

reasonably good though my understanding is that the headsets with the

microphone a consistent distance from the mouth tend to be the best.

Here's one site with an image (not the place I got it, just a vendor with

an image of the product I found on www)...

http://www.transcriptiongear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD & Product_Code\

=LFH5276 & Category_Code=SPMIC & Product_Count=3

Good luck with the VR. I find that the accuracy mostly depends on my

speech patterns, fatigue and hurrying. If I do it right, it is fine with

only episodic mistakes.

Tim

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> I certainly don't want to trigger the massive discussion we've had on

> Dragon dictation again, but I wanted to see which microphones/headsets

> are currently being used most successfully, especially cheap! I'm going

> to try it again - haven't bothered up to now, but I'm tired of typing

> this week.

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[Guest guest]

I have

purchased a few microphones from www.emicrophones.com

and have found they have great service (I once emailed a question and was

called right back on a Sunday) and good prices. I wouldn’t scrimp too much

on a microphone as even a small improvement in accuracy translates to valuable

time saved which could justify even a top of the line microphone. Saving just 1

minute a day on corrections is over 3 hours of billable hours per year. One of

the microphones I purchased is http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=127,

which works well and is only $84. The advantage of using a USB microphone is

that if you ever change computers, you can copy the voice files. If you plug

the microphone into a sound card, rather than a USB port, you would have to

retrain the program.

Dan

microphone/dictation/Dragon NS

I certainly don't want to trigger the massive

discussion we've had on Dragon dictation again, but I wanted to see which

microphones/headsets are currently being used most successfully,

especially cheap!

I'm going to try it again - haven't bothered up to now, but I'm tired of typing

this week.

[Guest guest]

I

use the Sennheiser ME3, can’t recall price but is not “cheap”

(I think >$100). However, the rep I bought the DNS from said an after

market mic was unnecessary & the one that comes w/ it would have worked

fine. I hear both stories: some say a good mic is critical & others say

it is not that big of a deal. You do need a fast CPU & at least 1 gb RAM.

DB

microphone/dictation/Dragon NS

I certainly don't want to trigger the massive

discussion we've had on Dragon dictation again, but I wanted to see which

microphones/headsets are currently being used most successfully,

especially cheap!

I'm going to try it again - haven't bothered up to now, but I'm tired of typing

this week.