Speech Recognition

[D. Michael McIntyre]

On Sunday 23 December 2007, Susan Cragin wrote:
> program is a piece of crap. If you can't get an accuracy score above 23 for
> the microphone, throw it away and get a new one. (One good thing about this
> list, I assume you all have good microphones.)

Hey, speaking of which, does anybody out there want to buy a gently used Shure 
Beta 58 that was owned by a Rosegarden developer?  :)

I didn't know the difference between cardioid and supercardioid, and wound up 
blowing more money for nothing on something really ill-suited for my 
recording environment.  The supercardioid pattern picks up tons of unwanted 
reflections off my walls, and I never use the much more expensive microphone.  
Cardioid is the way to go in here, definitely, and I'm happier with my plain 
ol' non-Beta SM58.  But of course you can't return a microphone, because you 
might have spit on it, and your saliva might give someone AIDS or something.

Yeah, I know, this isn't Craig's list.  I just thought I'd mention it.
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D. Michael McIntyre