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- Superb audio performance with wireless convenience
- Ideal for podcasting, VoIP, SKYPE, web conferencing, distance education, speech recognition
- Wireless device
- Has a rechargeable battery that provides up to eight hours of talk time after each full charge
- Charges via the USB port
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Revolabs Microphone 02-DSKSYS-D Microphones
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
If you own any voice recognition product, I thoroughly recommend the xTag USB Mic. I use MacSpeech Dictate and I hardly use the keyboard anymore. As a matter of fact, I'm not even typing this review right now. It's so much more convenient to grab the mic, clip it to your lapel and just talk. I highly recommend this item. I'm also a horrible speller. But, I don't have to worry about that, because the machine spells everything for me. If it makes a mistake I simply say, "scratch that" repeat the corrected word and it goes right on. The microphone is so unobtrusive when I dictate a letter are am charting patient notes, it's a breeze and sometimes, someone walkes into my office, I start talking to them... look back at my computer and realize my conversations on the screen. It's no bigger than a tube of lipstick. I have a very large monitor in my office, so I can be 5-8 feet from the USB wireless hub and it works just beautifully. Also I am using Rosetta Stone to learn other languages, and it works very well with that program as well. I'm so used to not typing now on my iMac, I purchased an xTag mic for my windows machine (for Dragon Naturally Speaking preferred). What's really, really neat about it, is when you need customer support from a company and all they offer is online chat where you have to type the message back-and-forth. I just grab my xTag USB mic and resolve the problem much, much quicker than if I were typing it out and trying to follow instruction on how to resolve the problem, all hands free, to do whatever the technician is telling me to do because...I'm not typing, I'm listening and responding as if they were in the room. Or if you are instant messaging someone on the computer, just talk. The keyboard no longer separates you. It truly is a revolutionary product and one that's helping usher in, not only talking to, but controlling your computer. And with an eight hour talk time and a 45 minute charge time, it's completely convenient and you won't even realize you're wearing it.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
If you are using this device for dictation purposes, it works fairly well. I also use a wired headset and the headset performs slightly better, but not dramatically so.
I also wanted to use this device for talking on Skype and that is where I think that this device's design is not well thought out. The main issue is that they decided to put the the input jack for the headphone on the bottom of the mic right where the device attaches to the charger base. This means that everytime you want to use the device with the earpiece, you need to plug the earpiece in. Everytime you want to charge the mic, you need to unplug the earpiece. Also there is no on/off switch so you need to keep the mic in the charger, or else it will die pretty quickly. Good product if you are just looking for a wireless mic, not so good if you also want to use the earpiece too.
I also wanted to use this device for talking on Skype and that is where I think that this device's design is not well thought out. The main issue is that they decided to put the the input jack for the headphone on the bottom of the mic right where the device attaches to the charger base. This means that everytime you want to use the device with the earpiece, you need to plug the earpiece in. Everytime you want to charge the mic, you need to unplug the earpiece. Also there is no on/off switch so you need to keep the mic in the charger, or else it will die pretty quickly. Good product if you are just looking for a wireless mic, not so good if you also want to use the earpiece too.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this mic for sound reinforcement in the classroom after the students at the back of the room complained that my voice was trailing off during lectures. Now I simply clip the mic to my collar, plug the USB into my laptop, and my voice is projected over the room's AV system. It was effortless to set up and use on my Mac. I also record my lectures: I was using a separate battery-operated voice recorder, which meant I had to juggle SD cards after class to copy the files onto my laptop; now, I use Audio Hijack Pro to capture the audio stream coming off the xTag. Everything works very smoothly.
My only reservation concerns audio quality. This device is based on the DECT standard that is the basis of most current cordless phones. As such, it uses a pretty low bitrate, and a fairly simple digital encoding scheme. The result is a voice signal that is fine for projecting in a (relatively noisy) classroom, but gives recordings with audible quantization noise. The voice bandwidth is 7 kHz (better than telephone, but worse than FM radio), and the encoding (I believe) is 4-bit ADPCM. I estimate the SNR to be about 40-45 dB, similar to a medium-quality voice memo recorder. That's one big difference between this and the $500+ wireless mics from professional mic manufacturers like Sennheiser and Shure. However, the quality is fine for reinforcing and recording speech, and the ease of setup and use, and tiny size and weight of both mic and base-station/USB interface, make this a very nice product.
My only reservation concerns audio quality. This device is based on the DECT standard that is the basis of most current cordless phones. As such, it uses a pretty low bitrate, and a fairly simple digital encoding scheme. The result is a voice signal that is fine for projecting in a (relatively noisy) classroom, but gives recordings with audible quantization noise. The voice bandwidth is 7 kHz (better than telephone, but worse than FM radio), and the encoding (I believe) is 4-bit ADPCM. I estimate the SNR to be about 40-45 dB, similar to a medium-quality voice memo recorder. That's one big difference between this and the $500+ wireless mics from professional mic manufacturers like Sennheiser and Shure. However, the quality is fine for reinforcing and recording speech, and the ease of setup and use, and tiny size and weight of both mic and base-station/USB interface, make this a very nice product.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great product!
It is a great product, I had bougth 3 already for the company where I work and we love them
Published 9 days ago by Ana Sandi
Does what you need
I wanted a easy to use USB clip mic. Works well no problem with a mac or a PC recognizing it.
Published 6 months ago by RWF
Easy to Setup
I am using Windows 7 recording to my laptop. The mic has a range that is advertise. It was very easy to setup (5 min) and I was recording.
Published 12 months ago by J. Johnson
Mic great, earpiece tricky
I bought this for the wireless mic with USB. That works excellent, quality and range are both top notch and very very easy to get working (real plug and play). Read more
Published 15 months ago by SimonPB
It Just Doesn't Work
I've previously used various headsets for medical-related speech recognition and dictation, but wanted to move to a microphone-only product. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Origami
Nothing but problems
I'm on my third replacement. The first one's charging port was broken out of the box. The second one would randomly mute and the current one's battery dies after about 15 minutes. Read more
Published 20 months ago by helmsb
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