the right mic

[earlburtnett]

hi I want to use some a mic that I can use to dictating my voice into the computer and not have to worry about typing of which I don't good well.
id rather not use dragon as that's a software and my pc already has software in it.is there a mic I can use to do this?im on a xps 8900 on a windows 64 bit system

lenny

[Murf]

As you probably know there is a microphone connector on the top of the case, any microphone will work. It will use the intergrated Realtek ALC3861 Audio.

The latest driver is here:

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us...esktop/drivers

Just depends on how much you want to spend on the Microphone. Dictation only works through software. There are many out there;

There is one "Free" one called Natural Reader Software

https://www.naturalreaders.com/software.html

But limited to PDF, Docx, TXT and ePub

Several others listed here:

https://merabheja.com/best-free-text-to-speech-tools/

Just do a search on Amazon and check the reviews for a good microphone.

Example: https://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Acousti...oustics+ac+201

[earlburtnett]

hi I have voice recorder alrweady in my computer...least I thought I did..

lenny

[earlburtnett]

can you recommend a few mics that will be sure to work?

lenny