[Athen] [EXT] Dictation/Voice Recognition Questions

[Lavey,Shannon]

Thank you all for the helpful information! This is great! Do you have recommendations on headset mics, and also desktop mics that would work well with laptops? This individual would most likely need to use a desktop mic. Our center has some Buddy Mics - Buddy Microphones<https://buddymicrophones.com/>, but we have not had the best luck using them with laptops.

Thanks again!

Shannon

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Hello Shannon,

I will also mention that I have noticed noise in the signal from built-in Macintosh microphones before.  If the student records audio using the built-in microphone, a hum or rhythmic clicking may be noticed.  I am assuming this had to do with the electronics of the display, since the microphone wiring runs behind the display.  I don’t know if this is specific to some models of Macbooks or even some specific machines.  In the instances we have noticed this, the use of a headset microphone has made the dictation accuracy much better.

David Schwarte


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Agree with Robert regarding the mic.
Built in laptop mics are omni-directional, designed to pick up from 360 degree directions.

Headsets with boom mics are uni-directional and are designed to leave out ambient noise. I find that gaming style headsets have the best quality mics and acoustics, even in the cheaper under-$75 range. You can find these headsets with single earpieces (leaving one ear open) and paired.

And mics built into earbuds are in between the two; they are quasi-uni-directional.

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If he uses a headset with a microphone on a boom that positions directly in front of his mouth, that will help if not remove the problem of picking up the other speakers in the class. Using the built-in microphone on the laptop will pick up everything.

Also, did he have the Mac download the entire speech recognition package when he enabled it? If not, that may be causing some of the issue as well.


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Hi friends!

I have a client scenario I wanted to run by you all for some help and ideas:

I am working with an individual who has difficulty typing and mousing and prefers to use dictation software. He prefers working on a Mac and has a Macbook Pro. He tried Mac built-in dictation and also Voice Control but it does not seem to be working that well, especially in Microsoft Teams chat. Do you have any other ideas for dictation on a Mac? He has the latest Catalina OS so I am not sure if Dragon for Mac would work any better?

He has used Dragon for Windows in the past, so the other idea we have been exploring is perhaps running Windows on his Mac so he can use Dragon.  Or if that doesn’t work, he would probably need to switch back to Windows.

Finally, the other issue he runs into is when he is on a Teams or Zoom meeting and needs to dictate in a chat or dictate notes, the software is picking up the other speakers in the meetings and dictating them.  I have suggested that he click the dictation mic off or say “go to sleep” when using Voice Control, but those options don’t seem to be working for him.  Do you know if there is a way to prevent dictation software from picking up other speakers/computer audio?

Thanks for your help and ideas!

Shannon

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