Re: Question about dual headset for re-dictating using VR

From: ozgal (ozgal33_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/17/05


Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 03:12:14 +1100

Hi Dani,

Yes, sounds like what I am after. Only difference is the mic jack would be
a usb pod (to alleviate sound card hassles with Dragon). Otherwise, sounds
spot on.

Do you use yours for redictating with Dragon?

Cheers,

ozgal

"djgordon" <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:1a3Rd.33$1i.3@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>I have a headset that is dual cabled. They are hooked together like most
> cords of this nature, but at the end they split up into two jacks, one for
> the microphone jack and one for the headset jack. I plug the mic into the
> mic jack and the headphones directly into the sound card on the back of
> the
> computer. Is that what you mean?
>
> Dani
>
> "ozgal" <ozgal33@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4214bb32_1@news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com...
>> Hi Sheila,
>>
>> Hope I don't come across as a total ignoramus.
>>
>> But here is what I am doing at present.
>>
>> Voice file received from doctor (I use transcription buddy software to
>> playback the voice file).
>>
>> I have a headset plugged into my speakers that allows me to hear the
>> dictation. So this is headset 1.
>>
>> I have second headset which runs through a usb pod (to alleviate problems
>> often found with sound cards when using Dragon). This headset does not
> have
>> an earpiece I can hear through, it is just a mike only headset so I can
>> repeat what I am hearing as the doctor dictates, i.e. I am redictating
> what
>> I hear using Word with Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional 7 loaded.
>>
>> I am wanting to combine the functions of these headsets, i.e. one headset
> is
>> microphone only at the moment, the other only allows me to hear doctor's
>> original dictation (and is plugged into the front of my speakers).
>>
>> Hope this gives a better picture of my current set-up.
>>
>> ozgal
>>
>>
>>
>> "14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
>> news:37jnfsF59tv5nU1@individual.net...
>> > Yeah, I can see where wearing two headsets at the same time would be
>> > uncomfortable enough to drive someone crazy--I find just one a bit
>> > annoying.
>> > The solution would be a Y cable that lets you connect one headset to
> both
>> > sound sources simultaneously, plus whatever length of extension cable
>> > might
>> > be needed to span the distance between the two sound output plug
>> > locations.
>> > RadioShack or any similar place should be able to supply it all,
> probably
>> > for less than $10.
>> > --
>> >
>> > Sheila
>> > To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
>> >
>> > <bsptss@aol.com> wrote in message
>> > news:1108649583.402760.325410@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> >> Oh forget the link I sent. I see what you are looking for now. It's
>> >> been a while since I used Dragon, and I did have to have both headsets
>> >> on with that mic. Sheila seems to be heading you in the right
>> >> direction
>> >> to solve your problem.
>> >>
>> >> Barbara
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>



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