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I recently purchased Dragon Naturally Speaking. Do I need to buy a Voice Recorder or is the Microphone headset good enough?

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  • Profile picture of the author Rich Struck
    Try it and see.
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  • Profile picture of the author TSDMike
    Originally Posted by samcarson View Post

    I recently purchased Dragon Naturally Speaking. Do I need to buy a Voice Recorder or is the Microphone headset good enough?

    Sam
    I've heard differing opinions on this... most have reported that the headset is adequate but an upgrade to a top end microphone made significant improvements to the effectiveness of the product. Personally, I have a pretty good mic on my laptop so I just go with that when I use DNS 10.

    So I would say give it a shot and if you're not satisfied with the results, look for something better.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheDebtEliminator
    Greetings Sam,

    I have Dragon Naturally speaking-10, and I am using an HP headset that I purchased at Wal-Mart for $20.

    At the time I purchased it, the headset that was included did not perform very well.

    When they started with DNS 11 ... there was supposed to be an upgrade with the microphone?


    I would recommend that you experiment with the microphone that you have now, and then if you wish to try others ... by former retail merchant that stands behind their product.

    There are sales that start on Sunday ... at Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Wal-Mart and others.

    All of them will allow you to take the product home ... try it and if it does not perform to your requirements or expectations ... you may return it within 30-days.

    I have found, that spending extra time training your system ... is very fruitful for increasing your accuracy.

    Plan on spending 2 to 3-hours in training.

    The software is amazing and saves me an awful lot of time.

    If you have any other questions, feel free to send me a PM and I will help you.

    All the best ... Ron
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    • Profile picture of the author Diane S
      Seems like more than half the battle is getting the Dragon trained. I do it as I go, and I don't skip that step. It really does improve performance as much as upgrading the microphone.

      For me the microphone that came with Dragon 10 was the only one that worked well. I must have some pretty bad other microphones. But my kids broke it, so it is time to go shopping...
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  • Profile picture of the author nicholasb
    I just use a desktop mic, it works just fine. One note though I have been using dragon for everything for the last year, and my dragon is trained very well to my voice but my typing is getting very bad.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    Originally Posted by samcarson View Post

    I recently purchased Dragon Naturally Speaking. Do I need to buy a Voice Recorder or is the Microphone headset good enough?

    Sam
    I don't think a voice recorder is needed. I have an average headset from Logitech that I purchased for around $20 several years ago, and it seems to do the job just fine. Accuracy does not seem to be an issue when using my headset with Dragon.
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