[MV] theBoom mic?

[Martin Markoe]

David,
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there seems to be no reference to "theBoom" (http://www.theboom.com), a
noise cancelling boom mike that claims much better performance than most
n.c. mikes.  Has anyone had personal experience with the device?  My office
is pretty noisy with a couple of old workstations which have really loud
fans.
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That is a mobile phone cordless phone headset. It's highly unlikely that it
will work well for speech recognition. There are a number of microphones
that are known to work well in your type of situation. Inexpensive ones
include headsets like the Andrea ANC headsets and VXI TalkPro models. For
iListen the TalkPro Xpress and an Andrea USB sound pod are highly
recommended. If you want the very best and they're willing to pay for it
look at the Sennheiser MD431II with the Andrea USB sound pod.

Martin Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.
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