MICROPHONE

[Robert Ziegler]

Here's a good question for ya all. I am using my onboard sound. The sound
card works just fine. But I can get the mike to pick up any sound. I have
been pulling my hair out over this. It is confided correctly. The
motherboard is an asrock. Does any body have any thoughts. That is other
then buying a new sound card. Which I have already done. thanks

 

[JAD]

mic is muted in recording properties
your using a mono minijacked mic (non powered)

 

[Rod Speed]

mic is muted in recording properties
your using a mono minijacked mic (non powered)

If its not muted, likely its not providing power for a powered mic.

 

[John Doe]

Here's a good question for ya all. I am using my onboard sound.
The sound card works just fine. But I can get the mike to pick up
any sound. I have been pulling my hair out over this. It is
confided correctly. The motherboard is an asrock. Does any body
have any thoughts. That is other then buying a new sound card.
Which I have already done. thanks

What mic?
Which version of Windows?

Try using Windows Sound Recorder.

Also try this path.
Control Panel -- Sounds and Audio Devices -- Sounds and Audio
Devices Properties -- Audio -- Sound Recording -- make sure the
setting is your microphone

Also make sure your sound properties mixer setting has your
microphone selected and not muted.

By the way, try a USB microphone.

 

[Shep©]

Here's a good question for ya all. I am using my onboard sound. The sound
card works just fine. But I can get the mike to pick up any sound. I have
been pulling my hair out over this. It is confided correctly. The
motherboard is an asrock. Does any body have any thoughts. That is other
then buying a new sound card. Which I have already done. thanks

Is the Mic muted in Playback?If not is should be.

HTH

 

[Robert Ziegler]

yes it is using a minijacked plug, the headset is a ALTLEC LANSING and I
have checked it out with my sons computer and it works fine on his S/B card.
Is there a work around it or not. I would thing that VIA would have a way to
work around this they provide a jack for you mike..

 

[Rod Speed]

yes it is using a minijacked plug, the headset is a ALTLEC LANSING
and I have checked it out with my sons computer and it works fine on
his S/B card. Is there a work around it or not.

If it is a powered mic, and it isnt getting the power, you first have to work out
if the onboard audio is meant to supply power or not, some do, some dont.

It isnt that hard to add mic power if it doesnt supply that, but that does require
modification of the motherboard so you do need to know what you are doing.

The other obvious approach is to use a non powered mic. They do exist.

I would thing that VIA would have a way to work around this they provide a jack for you mike..

Its more complicated than that and I did have to modify
an older sound card to provide power for a powered mic.

 

[mmarkoe]

Try using Windows Sound Recorder.

Also try this path.
Control Panel -- Sounds and Audio Devices -- Sounds and Audio
Devices Properties -- Audio -- Sound Recording -- make sure the
setting is your microphone

Also make sure your sound properties mixer setting has your
microphone selected and not muted.

By the way, try a USB microphone.

Mark Bender/John Dope stole these techniques developed by me for
speech recognition microphone/soundcard testing over 12 years ago. He
give me no credit but on Comp.Speech.Users calls me a Spamming Troll
when I try to help people.

By the way, my legitimate web site has the specific directions for
performing the test and setting the default audio device at:
http://www.emicrophones.com/docDetails.asp?DocumentID=30

--
Martin Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.
The best microphones for Speech Recognition
See us at: http://www.eMicrophones.com/index.asp
Read, "Key Steps to High Speech Recognition Accuracy" at:
http://www.emicrophones.com/docDetails.asp?DocumentID=38

 

[John Doe]

Mark Bender/John Dope stole these techniques developed by me

The idea that you invented using Windows Sound Recorder to record
sound isn't going to fly here.

for
speech recognition microphone/soundcard testing over 12 years ago.
He give me no credit

You want credit for the idea of using Windows Sound Recorder to see
how well your voice sounds through a microphone.

That is ridiculous.

but on Comp.Speech.Users calls me a Spamming Troll

It's your only activity ever on USENET.

when I try to help people.

You are not supposed to persistently post come-ons to your web site
in the body of your post.

Martin Markoe sells microphones and soundcards to frustrated
speech-recognition users. When that doesn't work, for a fee, he
tries harder to help them. When that doesn't work, of course the
only conclusion is that your speech isn't good enough. It's a racket
IMO. He prays on many disabled users.

A person's voice (that is, programmers trying to get a stupid
computer to understand a person's voice) is the overwhelming
obstacle to using speech recognition. If it's a hardware problem,
usually it's an inexpensive hardware problem or a configuration
problem, not something that requires a $100+ microphone to fix. I
use an inexpensive Labtec USB microphone and it works fine.


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[mmarkoe]

You are not supposed to persistently post come-ons to your web site
in the body of your post.

As I have asked repeatedly, point to the Usenet rule that says one
cannot post links to helpful speech recognition advice like that found
at:
1. The eMicrophones FAQ (frequently asked question) section at:
http://www.emicrophones.com/faq.asp
2. The Links/Articles section of the eMicrophones website at:
http://www.emicrophones.com/articles/index.asp
3. Product pages that help people understand a microphone. For example
at:
http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=085
http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=022
are movies that explain how to position or hold a microphone etc.

Martin Markoe sells microphones and soundcards to frustrated
speech-recognition users.

Well thank you for the accolade. If selling a product makes someone
productive when they were not, then that is called helpful.

He prays on many disabled users.

Hmm? Look at the Testimonials on the web site. There are several
thanking eMicrophones for helping people with disabilities get up and
running. For example, Gary Chevers wrote:
"I'm a 42-year-old quadriplegic male.I purchased the Sennheiser
Headset Microphone/Andrea USB Pod Combo, and now I can type in a half
hour what would've taken me three or four hours."

Tell you what, send me a private E-mail (use the Contact Us Button)
with your real name and phone # and I will give get permission from
Gary for you to call him for verification. Of course you will be able
to verify his address as to its legitimacy. Oh, legitimacy, that is
something foreign to John Dope.

A person's voice (that is, programmers trying to get a stupid
computer to understand a person's voice) is the overwhelming
obstacle to using speech recognition. If it's a hardware problem,
usually it's an inexpensive hardware problem or a configuration
problem, not something that requires a $100+ microphone to fix. I
use an inexpensive Labtec USB microphone and it works fine.

Hmm? Labtec is out of the Speech Recognition USB headset microphone
business but you are extolling the junk they used to manufacture and
now sell for gaming. It is obvious that you are not a professional who
must live by the dictation they produce daily in terms of quantity or
must stand by legally. The higher the accuracy the less time spent
making corrections and more time to see patients, clients, or get more
writing done. The only thing you use speech recognition for is saying
the word "troll" or issuing commands to play a game since you have no
job with which to make a living as normal people do.

--
Martin Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.
The best microphones for Speech Recognition
See us at: http://www.eMicrophones.com/index.asp
Read, "Key Steps to High Speech Recognition Accuracy" at:
http://www.emicrophones.com/docDetails.asp?DocumentID=38