In my instance, I have a number of far field microphones that are considered the best in their class. Even using a shotgun microphone with high sensitivity and adjustable gain on the audio interface will not give you the desired distance for dictation that is accurate. In terms of the microphone, if you are seeking to have this microphone work from 3 to 4 metres (9 to 13 feet) this will be a challenge, if not impossible, for speech dictation. It, at the very least, will confirm whether a compatibility problem arises from the use of this audio interface. As suggested by Lunis, using a sound pod may be your solution. I suspect the same thing would occur with the Focusrite 2i2.
In my instance, regardless of the microphone used, it shows up as USBPre 2, which is my default sound source. It has been my experience that when using an audio interface, the microphone itself does not show up.
I also thought about a wireless Microphone ( to put close to the bed ) but seems also not possible or find a compatible one.Īs well, thanks Lunis for your offer regarding the knowbrainer Pro, but guess would not be working because the man lives in germany as well the documents would be in german and don´t know if your software has the ability for multilanguage. There is absolutly no chance to have a headset or anything else like that because the man should start the computer and software by himselfe to a time whenever he wants without calling for help. The distance is about 3-4 meters - therefor I would need a high sensible microphone to bridge the distance.ĭragon so far seems to be the best speech recognition software but the problem is to find the microphone. Regarding the good and compatible microphone it´s quite difficult because of the distance from the bed and the TV/Computer in the room of the handicaped man. Thanks so far - with the visibility or shown up as a USB Device - unfortunately it´s not working - only shows me within Dragon the Scarlet 2i2 but not as a microphone. The default audio interface should be listed as a USB sound device in order for the audio interface to work.ĭPI 15.61, Knowbrainer, VoiceComputer, Lenovo Thinkpad P50, Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon, Sennheiser MD 431 II, Microtech Gefell MD 300, Sound Devices USBpre 2 and Sound Devices MixPre 3 - II. Sometimes these can be assigned default settings improperly. Accordingly, I would check your microphone and sound source settings. If this was the case, DNS would have recognized the audio interface as a compatible sound source when creating the profile. However, it seems from your description this can be ruled out since dictation worked for you. The only solution is to apply a work–around solution that involves connecting through the auxiliary output ports. In other words, if the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 is a line–in device, DNS 13 will not recognize it as a sound source. In DNS 13, Nuance changed the compatibility with audio interfaces that were not purely USB devices. 13 and focusrite scarlet 2i2 - USB not working