Best Microphone for Dragon Naturally Speaking
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Choosing the Right Microphone Makes a Huge Difference!
If you're having problems, you might need a different microphone.
Dragon Naturally Speaking can do a GREAT job at recognizing your voice. Consider upgrading your microphone today!
CAD U2 USB Stereo Headphone with Mic
Extreme Accuracy and Comfort
This microphone is made by CAD Audio, who has been manufacturing microphones for over 75 years. They produce commercial microphones used by musicians.
CAD U2 USB Stereo Headphone with Mic
Amazon Price: $25.99 (as of 05/29/2012)
My Favorite Headset for Dragon Naturally Speaking!
Pros:
- Extreme Accuracy with Dragon Naturally Speaking 11
- Easily Adjustable Microphone Placement - Very Flexible in Positioning
- Headphones are a Comfortable Fit
- Sound quality for listening to music is excellent
- Superb recording quality
- It plugs directly into a USB port. This eliminates the electronic noise/interference that you may get with using a microphone that plugs into your sound card or motherboard.
Cons:
The earpads may become flaky after a year or so.
If you want to spend less money, these also work quite well....
A Very Affordable USB Microphone/Headset
Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 05/29/2012)
Before buying the CAD U2 headset, this was my favorite. This is still half the price of the CADs, so if you really want to save money, these will work for accuracy with Dragon. However, there are a few negatives...
Pro:
- It plugs directly into a USB port. This eliminates the electronic noise/interference that you may get with using a microphone that plugs into your sound card or motherboard.
- Using it with Dragon Naturally Speaking 11, I have very few errors. Mostly, the only errors I get are contextual errors that happen when I speak at a slower rate than normal speech, and the software incorrectly guesses the context.
- This is a cheap microphone headset.
- Good quality earpads that won't flake.
Con:
- The positioning of the microphone is not very flexible.
- The headphones are not as comfortable as the CAD U2 because they are not as adjustable.
- I don't recommend them for listening to music because of sound quality.
- Recording sound quality is low compared to the CAD U2.
- The CAD U2 are slightly better for accuracy.
Other Excellent Microphones and Headsets
Recommended by Speech Recognition Specialists
Learn more about choosing the best Microphone
Excellent Links
- Speech Recognition Microphone Selection Guide - Choosing the right Microphone
- Includes explanation of USB versus Non-USB Microphones.
- Microphones, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Hints, Articles, Recommendations, Softnet Systems, Inc., Speech Recognition Specialists
- Softnet Systems, Inc. specializes in technical consultation, customization, troubleshooting, and deployment of speech recognition systems, including Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Dragon Medical. We've written well-respected books, including Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11, and we provide se
- Discussion on the Best Microphone for Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Amazon customers discuss the best microphone or headset for voice recognition software.
Want Dragon Naturally Speaking to Work Even Better?
Last year we upgraded to Version 11 Premium, and it keeps getting better!
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium, Version 11
Amazon Price: $76.65 (as of 05/29/2012)
Like I said above, this program hardly ever makes mistakes! Yes, I've trained it, and yet I use a good USB microphone, but this program rocks. I use it with Windows 7.
One of the advantages that Premium has over the Home version, is that you can dictate into a voice recorder.
Do you have any comments on choosing the best microphone?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Tipi
Apr 12, 2012 @ 10:24 am | delete
- I'm not familiar with Dragon Naturally Speaking...well I guess I am not with your excellent presentation on best microphones.
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Hi, I'm Heidi!
I've found that Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 works really well if you have a nice USB microphone.
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