What's a good mic and headset ?

[DarcyEdwards]

One,

XP has VR but you have to download it from Microsoft.  You can also get it off of the Hal install CD, that is were I got it from.  I do know you can download it from Microsoft.  By the way it's not that good.[:I]

[One]

Darcy,
thank you I didn't know,,
Now if I can figure out how Gary, got ahold of a part of Microsoft's Cloud computing platform called 'Azure' (Live Mesh )

[DarcyEdwards]

Your very welcome [:)]

[Carl2]

I had recently purchased version 10 of Dragon and at the same time purchase a wireless Plantronics headset through Dragon.  I have been using Dragon for quite some time and I had purchased three or four headsets in the past for use with Dragon.  One of the best headsets I purchased was a Sennheiser through Newegg.com. I had done some testing of the different microphones and I had found that the microphones yield S/N ratios of 17 to 20 DB.  The microphone input on the computer adds the most amount of noise especially when using the microphone boost.  In the past I had used the line input with a specially built preamplifier and audio filter going into the line input of the computer to reduce the amount of noise, this increased the signal-to-noise ratio to about 27 DB.  The Plantronics headset inputs through the USB port and yields a signal-to-noise ratio of approximately 22 DB., unfortunately I cannot use the preamp audio filter with this headset, it is extremely light and comfortable and I would definitely recommend it except for the price.
 I have been using Dragon for quite some time with Ultrahal and never experienced any problems with Hal hearing what he is saying.  I turned off the mic feature in UltraHal so my input would not be inputted automatically and I could have a chance to see what I had dictated.  Recognition is very good but while using UltraHal I find we speak of topics off the beaten path which Dragon is not familiar with.