From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [208.111.39.221]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A605C1A32A for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 19:21:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sonata.rednote.net (sonata.rednote.net [IPv6:2001:470:8:4ef:216:d3ff:fecc:ec01]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o47NL7sf031262 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 23:21:08 GMT Received: from sonata.rednote.net (sonata.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by sonata.rednote.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o47NL6Z1025953 for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 19:21:07 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by sonata.rednote.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o47NL6wr025951 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 7 May 2010 19:21:06 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: sonata.rednote.net: janina set sender to janina@rednote.net using -f Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 19:21:06 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: noise-canceling mikes, how to use them Message-ID: <20100507232106.GJ2319@sonata.rednote.net> References: <20100507183859.GA13327@rx.localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100507183859.GA13327@rx.localhost> X-Operating-System: Linux sonata.rednote.net 2.6.32.11-99.spk.fc12.x86_64 X-PGP-Key: http://rednote.net/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 23:21:47 -0000 Hi, Chuck: Not too sure what to tell you. I guess the obvious ... Are you sure it's your capture of the mic signal? Are you sure the mic is actually quality stuff? I guess you'd find out by testing it in some other device. PS: I've been using Sennheiser PC166 headsets for a bit over a year now. I was so taken with the quality, I got a second one for my briefcase. I strongly recommend it, if you decide your back in the market. Awesome audio quality, and you get to run over USB with the included dongle. Alsa just comes up recognizing it. I know that doesn't solve your problem, but I thought I should toss this out. I've seen a lot of poor headsets out there. Janina Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > Hi, > > I have a simple headset with a mike on a boom, and would like to > capture audio from the mike using a mike input on my soundblaster sound > card. A normal high-impedance mike works great, but simply switching to > the headset mike, a noise-canceling device, the result is pretty > dismal: very low amplitude, very poor quality, lots of noise, even with > the mike boom lowered to the proper position. > > Any tips on how to use this type of mike would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks, > Chuck > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (35% of Full) > My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net > Audio editor weblog: edway.wordpress.com > -------- > Yesterday is a memory, Tomorrow is a vision, Today is a bitch! > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)