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> Hi all,
>
> I'm working with a woman who uses Dragon for writing and some drawing.
> She has multiple sclerosis, and her MS has progressed such that her
> voice is getting weaker (her muscles of respiration are affected now) --
> so much so that her voice level is sub-threshold more often than not. I
> manually set the mic input slider to the highest possible level. As she
> speaks, we see some fluctuation wtihin the 'yellow region' of the
> yellow/green/red sound level meter next to the Dragon mic icon, so it's
> clear that the system is hearing her to an extent - it's just not loud
> enough. Any suggestions re: a different mic, or possibly an amplifier
> or booster that can help out? She's using a Shure mic and SB 32 AWE
> sound card if that helps.
>
> Thanks, everyone.
>
> Jim Lenker
> Center for Assistive Technology
> University at Buffalo
>
I'm not sure which Shure microphone you are using, but the old Shure
microphones which Dragon use to include with DragonDictate were low
impedance microphones, which I gather from information on the Shure Web
site are generally the ones used by musicians. However, most PC sound
cards, including Sound Blaster cards, are really designed to use high
impedance microphones. When you try use a low impedance microphone with
these cards, you often get insufficient signal level, even with a normal
voice. You should definitely switch to a high impedance microphone
designed to work with the microphone input on Sound Blaster cards.The
parrot series from VXI or the Andrea electronics microphones, such as
those now shipping with NaturallySpeaking, should all work. Other
people on this list will be happy to volunteer their opinions about
which specific microphone to get. I personally find the VXI headsets
more comfortable and stable, although I have heard that the Andrea
ANC-600 headset is an improvement over the previous Andrea models.
David Fox
davidfox@@fas.harvard.edu
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~dcfox/index.html
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This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to
reveal your proper name (which is wise), and don't want to infuriate
them by a flat refusal (which is also very wise). No dragon can resist
the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time trying to
understand it.
--- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
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