[Athen] [EXT] Dictation/Voice Recognition Questions

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When I hook up directly to the laptop for doing dragon dictation, I use an
ANDREA USB noise-cancelling headset mic. Also recommend the Logitec noise
cancelling mic. Both are adjustable and have a manual on-off toggle switch
on the wires. Often when there's poor recognition on laptops it's a combo
of using the built in laptop mic along with a lousy (or non-existent) sound
card. There are sound jack to USB adaptors on mics as well as mics with
built in sound chips (not as good as a good sound card.

You can go to Nuance's website and take a look at the mics they
recommend...then buy them elsewhere for less if you want to.

Here's a link to several good ones available at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Andrea-Communications-NC-181VM-USB-noise-canceling/dp/B00206WJ42

Wink

Hope this is helpful.

Wink
Wink Harner
Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production
The Foreign Type

Portland OR
foreigntype at gmail.com
480-984-0034

This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive
quirks, misrecognitions, or errata .


On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 3:11 PM Lavey,Shannon <Shannon.Lavey at colostate.edu>
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> 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.

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> Thanks again!

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> Shannon

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Schwarte, David M.

> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 4, 2020 5:50 PM

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> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] [EXT] Dictation/Voice Recognition Questions

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> Hello Shannon,

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> 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.

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> David Schwarte

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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *chagnon at pubcom.com

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> Agree with Robert regarding the mic.

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> Built in laptop mics are omni-directional, designed to pick up from 360

> degree directions.

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> 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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> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

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> Hi friends!

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

> ideas:

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> 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?

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> 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.

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> 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?

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> Thanks for your help and ideas!

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> Shannon

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> *Shannon Lavey, MS, OTR/L, ATP*

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