Sound Tech GN-USB-2 18 Inch Professional Uni-Direction Noise Canceling Gooseneck Stereo Microphone with 10 FT USB Cord

Bought it to use with "Dragon Medical Embedded in Meditech". Works well. I have objectively tested it and found it practically on par with PowerMic III in terms of recognition - if used close to mouth and not as a "far field thing". That might be due to the fact that my voice is husky.It actually sounds way better (to human ears) than PowerMic III. However, PowerMic III is "very hot" if you listen to it - perhaps artificially so enhanced as to "optimize its use in the streaming environment" (purely my guess). Dragon Medical Embedded is basically 100% "Cloud Dragon" with 1.4 Mb/s upload-streaming, i.e., no local processing at all, as opposed to MModal or DMO that I believe still do some data compression on local machines.Can't comment on its use as a gaming accessory (Amazon requested a rating on that) ... like I have time for gaming.However, based on how my recorded voice sounds, this gooseneck would be perfectly fine for PC telephony/general communication in a way PowerMic III will never be (which sounds way too distorted).By the way, it seems to be quite solidly constructed although I haven't had the time to put it through the wringer.

decent mic for my dragon dictation software. a bit glitchy for sensitivity but overall, for the price, works fine

Once I figured out a significant technical issue with the help of the seller's product support team (who thought you could even find such an animal today?), this product has worked quite well with my Dragon professional version 15. I'm using it now in fact dictating from approximately 8 inches away in an office with some minor background air conditioning noise and an open door to the hallway with a few people talking outside. When I first plugged it in I could not figure out why the mute button failed to activate or inactivate the dictation. I had to use the Dragon toolbar. And things were not working quite as well as I had hoped. But the support technician raised the possibility another audio device was running in the background. I knew I had inactivated my original USB headphone (a pretty good one). But it turns out the laptop's built-in audio (for built-in video or whatever) was still activated. I think what was happening was Dragon was using it rather than the microphone. Since I have deactivated the onboard audio the microphone is worked fine and the mute button mutes and un-mutes perfectly well. I like the bright red button because it reminds me when someone walks in my office to turn off the microphone so I don't dictate our conversation into the document I am drafting. All and all I am very happy. My previous wired headset had worked fine but it was cumbersome to use. I had to take it off or remember to use the Dragon toolbar to turn off the system any time someone walked in to my office or I got a phone call. Which happens dozens of times a day. Hitting the mute button on this microphone is much easier. And as far as I can tell the sound quality and accuracy of the dictation is at least as good as with my $225 headset.

I read a lot of reviews complaining about the red light. Personally I like it so I know when the mic is on, with a button on the base to turn it on and off. I am using it for Zoom conferences and compared the sound quality to the built in mic on my web cam. The sound tech mic is a huge improvement in sound quality. Crisper and more natural sounding. BTW, the first Sound Tech GN-USB-2 mic that was sent did not work. Amazon sent a new one out immediately and made it very easy to return the defective one at my leisure. Kudos to Amazon and no stars deducted on my review. The replacement mic was easy to plug and play on my MacPro.

I was hoping that this microphone would produce better speech to text dictation than my old 15 year-old microphone, but it did not so I’m returning it

The build and sound quality are very good on my Mac mini. No setup, just plug it in and go; solid, heavy metal base; goose neck has two convenient bend point.My complaint is the mute button. I like that it is not a momentary unmute, you press it once and it stays on. However, the button is a soft press toggle, not a dedicated on and off position. Therefore, the computer is able to unmute the mic itself without physical manipulation. So anytime my computer wakes, the mic turns on. If I open a multimedia app, the mic turns on. If I open Discord chat, the mic turns on.I would like to be able to force it into mute without the computer having the power to make it hot as it pleases. As is, I just have to unplug it at the base to truly force it into mute.

Does what I need it to do. Works very well with Dragon Home edition. I purchased this in March of last year and I have had no problems with it.