TaoTronics Trucker BH041 Wireless Bluetooth Headset with Microphone If you like headsets for dictation, this is the right choice.ģ. Ear cushion swivels 360 degrees to ensure maximum comfort. Executive Pro has lightweight design, long cord (6.5 feet) and it has flexible noise canceling boom microphone. Executive Pro Overture Premium Binaural Noise-Canceling Corded USB HeadsetĮxecutive Pro is a comfortable headset with good reviews especially for voice recognition purpose.

Interestingly, you are getting a semi Omni-directional mic in this price range!Ģ. This microphone is Plug & Play compatible with Win 7 8 10/Mac/PS4/PS3. It has mute switch with LED indicator which shows an indication of the microphone status. Though not a big brand, but Jounivo JV601 is a good entry level microphone with 360° flexible gooseneck design. Jounivo JV601 USB Desktop Microphone with Gooseneck design Apart from dictation, you can use these microphones for recording, Youtube, Skype, zoom call, webinar, gaming, streaming, interview, ASMR, podcast etc. Please note that these microphones are not arranged in any particular order. We have mentioned best plug and play mics with different features in a wide price range starting from $17. We have compiled a list of microphones which works best with speech recognition or dictation software. However, if you work in a noisy environment and your main purpose is dictation, then Cardioid microphone is a better choice. Omni-directional microphones are suggested for digital voice assistants as it picks up sound equally from all direction and you don’t have to be very near to the microphone in order to give voice command. If you are using a voice command and speech to text software like Braina, then it is suggested to use a good quality microphone with noise cancellation feature to get the optimum speech recognition accuracy. Your pronunciation and background environment noise might be an important factor but 50% of dictation or voice command accuracy actually depends upon your microphone hardware. Quality of microphones play a very important role in speech to text dictation.

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