[MV] good microphone if you use both iListen and ViaVoice

[James Clifton]

On 2/23/03 8:25 PM, "T. Patrick Henebry" <tphenebry at comcast.net> wrote:

> I do not remember if I posted this information to the list before
> (though I know I've sent it privately to various people).  But this
> is worth repeating.
> 
> I use both ViaVoice for Mac OS X and iListen.  Having a microphone
> that works well on both programs is a necessity.
> 
> Microphones I have:
> 
> Andrea Electronics ANC-700--this is a high quality active noise
> canceling microphone that can be used with PC sound cards or via USB
> ports on both Macs and PCs with the addition of a USB adapter
> 
> Andrea Electronics NC-7100 USB microphone--this is the microphone
> that shipped with my copy of ViaVoice for Mac OS X
> 
> VXI TalkPro Xpress--This is another analog microphone that can be
> used with both Macs and PCs
> 
> My USB adapter is an Andrea Electronics USB Pod--I've had this Pod
> produce results equal to $200 sound cards when using it on PCs when
> connected to the ANC-700 for those interested, and the Pod works
> quite well on my G4 iMac
> 
> I use ViaVoice for Mac OS X (with the recent update from IBM
> installed) and iListen on a 800 MHz G4 iMac with 768 MB of RAM
> running Jaguar.
> 
> Both the Andrea Electronics microphones work well with ViaVoice, with
> the Andrea Electronics ANC-700 producing better results.  However,
> Andrea Electronics microphones do *not* produce good results with
> iListen (MacSpeech technical support acknowledges mixed results with
> Andrea Electronics microphones).  While these are good microphones it
> has long been known that Andrea Electronics microphones have a weaker
> signal.  iListen has a problem with this.
> 
> The VXI TalkPro Xpress works quite well with both ViaVoice and
> iListen.  Very early in training iListen with the VXI TalkPro Xpress
> I was already getting better accuracy than fully trained profiles
> with either of the Andrea Electronics microphones.  I specifically
> purchased the VXI TalkPro Xpress because it did not have the battery
> box that most VXI microphones for speech recognition have.
> 
> NOTE: be sure to run the microphone setup in either ViaVoice or
> iListen after you start it.  Each speech recognition program requires
> slightly different microphone settings.  Running Microphone setup
> will assure the correct settings for the program you are using.
> 
> With the exception of the NC-7100 USB microphone that came with
> ViaVoice for Mac OS X all microphones and the USB adapter were
> purchased at eMicrophones.com  <http://www.emicrophones.com>
> eMicrophones.com is run by Martin Markoe a long-time and widely
> respected reseller of microphones for a variety of uses.
> 
> With the VXI TalkPro Xpress connected to an Andrea Electronics USB
> Pod I now have a combination that lets me with between ViaVoice and
> iListen at need while getting good accuracy in both programs.  As
> someone who depends on speech recognition due to a disability this is
> a *necessity*.
Is the Andrea Pod needed with the Andrea NC 7100? Jim Clifton