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> Now the speech bar is solid red when there is no sound, and alternately
> flashing red and yellow like disco lights for no reason, no dictation or
> background noise is occuring. Mouse executed commands are sluggish as well.
> I feel like I'm having a nat melt down.
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> Trout
That definitely sounds like a problem with your sound input system.
Have you made a recording with the sound recorder and then listened to
it?
Once you have done that, the first thing to check is probably your
microphone, both because it is the likeliest candidate and because it is
the easiest thing to replace. A bad electrical connection, either at
the jack or due to a broken wire in the cord could easily produce
symptoms like what you are experiencing. See if the Speech bar level
seems to go crazy when you jiggle the microphone cord gently. Try
finding another computer microphone and making a recording with it. It
doesn't have to be really high-quality one, as long as it is compatible
with your sound card, because all we're trying to do is determine if
your problem is with a broken microphone, and rule out a problem with
the sound card.
David Fox
davidfox@@fas.harvard.edu
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~dcfox/index.html
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talking to a dragon, or so I have always heard.
-- Balin, The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
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