Nuance Dragon USB Headset, Dictate Documents and Control your PC – all by Voice, [PC Disc], Black

This USB microphone from Amazon is an excellent product. It is plug and play in Windows 10 and also in Linux Mint 21. You just plug it in and it'll work in the program assigned. You may have to give it permission in Windows 10. also recall that to dictate in Gmail you have to add an extension called dictation for Gmail and then restart Chrome browser to make it effective.Nuance Dragon USB HeadsetI have used Dragon NaturallySpeaking dictation for several years and have been only modestly Satisfied by the accuracy and speed.Now I am using a Nuance Dragon USB headset ($35) but with Google Sheets which means we're using the Google online Dictation engine for the dictation. This is not only, faster but more accurate than my purchased dragon NaturallySpeaking dictate program.To use any of these products, you need to have an effective Microphone headset which will accurately input your voice to the computer systems. The Nuance Dragon headset for $35 is a very effective tool to input either Dragon dictate or Google dictate accompanied by Google Sheets.Sincerely,Vince

These things were great with the dragon, natural speaking software

This item works. It is a usb mic. It only works on my left ear. It is pretty cheaply made but I have dropped it a few times and it still works

I use these headphones with nuances dragon dictation software. they work perfectly fine and there are no issues with compatibility, because they are nuances headphones.The best feature of these headphones are they can easily from being left ear to right ear with the microphone able to swing 180°. For those days when you're one year gets tired and you need to use the others.The tower where I plug into is on the floor, the cord is long enough that I can roll about 2 ft back from the desk and still have freedom from not the yanking them off my head.

USB connection wire was ample enough to allow minor pacing at my desk. And see actually works to keep fan sounds from broadcasting through the mic. Retention pad has no padding and in order to have enough tension to keep it on my head the pinching is very uncomfortable.

Worked great

This is the most uncomfortable, flimsy, piece of junk. The cheap plastic headpiece broke the first day trying to adjust to my head so it is more comfortable. I had been using a Logitech headset that worked great until Dragon updated their software and now the voice recognition was horrible. I thought this headset, since a Dragon brand, would pick up better. It was worse.

My 14 year old daughter has a mild speech impediment and is trying to learn to speak a new language. This microphone does give slightly better speech recognition for her than the one that came with the Rosetta Stone software. It has a USB connector, so it is limited in the number of devices you can use it with (PCs, basically). It would be ideal if it could plug into an iPhone or iPad, but that is not too big a deal. Given the relatively inexpensive price and the importance of the task, this headset is a great investment.