Some modern desktop computers now feature sound built-in to the motherboards. In my experience, built-in sound systems are not quite as good as separate sound cards. I believe that this is because built-in sound systems experience more electrical noise which impacts the quality the input.
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| One particularly known bad case is with Dell Dimension desktop systems. In my experience, there is something wrong with the built-in sound in it Dell Dimension desktop computer. When you use Dragon NaturallySpeaking on such a machine, you experience the classic symptoms of the bad sound card: higher than usual error rates and, most noticeably, a significant speed degradation. |
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| Having used Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a number of different systems, I feel qualified to diagnose the Dell Dimension computer as having some type of problem in its built-in sound system which interferes with speed recognition. If you have a Dell, that are recommend to purchase a separate sound card. |
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| (This text is actually being written on a Dell Dimension XPS P200s system, but in order to get Dragon NaturallySpeaking to work reasonably, I had to disable the built-in sound system on the motherboard, and use a separate sound card instead.) (Ensonic Soundscape VIVO PnP if you are really interested.) |
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