Chapter 18
Improving Audio Input
In This Chapter
Diagnosing an audio input problem
Running the microphone check to test input
Getting your microphone working well
Getting a USB microphone
Choosing a better sound card
Keeping things quiet
The old expression “garbage in, garbage out” takes on a different twist when you talk about speech recognition. If garbage goes in, NaturallySpeaking reconstructs it into perfectly good words. It acts like a trash compactor: It makes garbage look better.
Of course, you aren’t talking trash. Nonetheless, your words may be trashed on their way to the laptop. The microphone or audio hardware may not be quite right. Or the microphone may have moved when you chugged your coffee. Or your office mates, appliances, or kids may be contributing background garbage of their own to your audio. The result may sound okay to your ears if you play it back, but NaturallySpeaking ...
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