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Bluetooth headsets and laptop

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  • 30-05-2006 1:36pm
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    ambro25
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭


    Afternoon all,

    A quick query for anyone who has tried any of the following :)

    I'm using a professional dictation package (voice to word processor), currently with a standard headset (mic + single earphone 3,5 mm jacks).

    I'm now contemplating buying either a Bluetooth USB dongle or the mini-pci Bluetooth card designed for my laptop (Dell D600) and a Bluetooth headset (such as used by mobile phones), to do away with the cables altogether.

    So the question is, simply, is this going to work with the laptop, or will I need WinXP drivers for the headset (in addition to the dongle or miniPCI card drivers), or will I need to fiff' and faff' to get the combination working?


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    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    If it's XP SP2, the headset profile isn't provided with the Windows native bluetooth stack. Otherwise, Audio Gateway can work. use the stack that came with the bluetooth dongle... tbh, it may work with little or no effort, or it may work with a lot of effort, or it may not work at all. Impossible to tell at this point. If it aint broken...


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    Tom Dunne
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    It is fairly straight forward, if you have used Bluetooth profiles before.

    However, I doubt the quality would be good enough for a dictation package - don't they require high-quality microphones?

    For the hell of it, I set up the laptop with Media Player (as you do) to see if it would work, but of course the quality was rubbish. I would imagine the same would apply for the microphone.


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    ambro25
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭ambro25


    Thx for the above.

    Re. dictation software (Dragon's Naturally Speaking): a standard mic works absolutely fine, and there is no need for super-duper-sensible mics (just don't use a webcam's mic, if you see what I mean ;)). Strangely enough, what's crucial for recognition accuracy is RAM - you need tons.

    But I must admit that I was harbouring some misgivings about the possibility of 'over the air' degradation of the signal (compress / decompress / recompress / redecompress / etc.) versus the good old "down the wire" solution.

    Guess I'll wait some more and see, then. :)


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