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Summary: The Best Telex microphone ever made!
Review: I first found this mic a few years ago while I was shopping online. It looked good, so I bought one, I was so pleased with it I told all my friends about it. My friends went out and purchased themselves one and they love the quality and performance of the mic too. When we all talk together on messenger, I usually have to turn down my volume because it is so clear and loud. I guess over the last 3 years I have purchased atleast (5) of these wonderful mic's. I have purchased many mic's, but by far, this one beats all the others hands down. So, if any of you want a mic that does not need a battery and is Usb 1.1 plug and play and uses windows drivers & Mac drivers, this is the one to get, believe me, you won't be sorry.
Oh, and don't forget this product is in limited suppy from Telex, so get yours now, you'll be happy you did.
Sincerly, Telex M-560 owner
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Summary: A great microphone / noise canceling needs a little work
Review: I bought Office XP about a year ago. I waited to buy a microphone to use the voice recognition software that is built into office XP. This mic performs very well with Office XP. The fact that it does not go through a sound card improves voice recognition accuracy; but it's a noise canceling features though are only adequate. The microphone often picks up the most minute background noise. Right now I'm using the microphone to dictate this very review and if it did not pick up so much back ground noise there would be fewer errors in the dictation. A good mic but Telex needs to work on their noise canceling technology.
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Summary: A great microphone / noise canceling needs a little work
Review: I bought Office XP about a year ago. I waited to buy a microphone to use the voice recognition software that is built into office XP. This mic performs very well with Office XP. The fact that it does not go through a sound card improves voice recognition accuracy; but it's a noise canceling features though are only adequate. The microphone often picks up the most minute background noise. Right now I'm using the microphone to dictate this very review and if it did not pick up so much back ground noise there would be fewer errors in the dictation. A good mic but Telex needs to work on their noise canceling technology.
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Summary: The best mike for most users
Review: Most computer microphones are plugged into your existing sound card. Though the card can certainly improve reception, it can also cause signal degradation by picking up internal and external electronic noise. As a result, voice recognition software sometimes labors to understand precisely what you mean. With this USB device, though, there's no sound card involved. It automatically records your voice in digital sound as you speak, rather than running your voice through a board where additional noise can be picked up. In fact, so good is the Telex M-560, that it actually tanks if you try to record in anything less than CD quality. Unsurprisingly, recordings are therefore crystal clear for multimedia work, and voice recognition software obviously responds better to it than non-USB mikes. Like a boom on a movie sound set, it can be put well out of the way and still pick up brilliant sound. Because of its unique directional technology which cancels background noise, you can use it at a distance of up to two feet and still have superb results with voice recognition software. I've got mine on top of my monitor and I never have to readjust its position. And, because it's USB, I can easily share it between Mac and Wintel machines. The only problem I can think of with this thing is that it doesn't work under Windows 95. Telex hasn't made drivers to support that legacy platform, and they don't appear to have an interest in doing so. Their primary target audience is quite clearly people with newer machines, and Telex makes no apologies for it. After all, most voice recognition software requires faster processors to run effectively, and those machines would typically be running at least Windows 98, anyway. That proviso aside, I love this microphone. No, it's not quite as good as the results you'll get from inside a recording studio. But for the money, it's close enough for me.
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Summary: The best mike for most users
Review: Most computer microphones are plugged into your existing sound card. Though the card can certainly improve reception, it can also cause signal degradation by picking up internal and external electronic noise. As a result, voice recognition software sometimes labors to understand precisely what you mean. With this USB device, though, there's no sound card involved. It automatically records your voice in digital sound as you speak, rather than running your voice through a board where additional noise can be picked up. In fact, so good is the Telex M-560, that it actually tanks if you try to record in anything less than CD quality. Unsurprisingly, recordings are therefore crystal clear for multimedia work, and voice recognition software obviously responds better to it than non-USB mikes. Like a boom on a movie sound set, it can be put well out of the way and still pick up brilliant sound. Because of its unique directional technology which cancels background noise, you can use it at a distance of up to two feet and still have superb results with voice recognition software. I've got mine on top of my monitor and I never have to readjust its position. And, because it's USB, I can easily share it between Mac and Wintel machines. The only problem I can think of with this thing is that it doesn't work under Windows 95. Telex hasn't made drivers to support that legacy platform, and they don't appear to have an interest in doing so. Their primary target audience is quite clearly people with newer machines, and Telex makes no apologies for it. After all, most voice recognition software requires faster processors to run effectively, and those machines would typically be running at least Windows 98, anyway. That proviso aside, I love this microphone. No, it's not quite as good as the results you'll get from inside a recording studio. But for the money, it's close enough for me.
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