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Microphone: A device that converts sound waves into analogous electrical waves. Usually called a "mike," it contains a flexible diaphragm composed of film or foil that vibrates as it makes...; Full Microphone Definition >>

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Sound Recorder (exe): Sound recorder is the simplest way to record sound on your machine. Anything that plays through your speakers can be recorded as well as microphone and line in inputs used for external devices. Files are recorded in Wav file format as it is one of the most available and one...; Tags: Microphone, Recorder, EndicoSoft, Files; Software downloads 2008-07-18
Tritton AX Visor: Not everyone needs a Bluetooth headset for hands-free chatting while in the car. If you prefer to keep your ears unplugged, a Bluetooth speakerphone might be a better option. Tritton, which also makes the AX Micro Bluetooth headset, has recently launched the Visor Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit, which is essentially...; Tags: Visor, speakerphone, microphone, Tritton Technologies; Product reviews 2008-07-10
MP3 Recorder (msi): This software is free, and records anything that is playing through your PC speakers, stream songs from the Internet or difficult to convert files (real, QuickTime, and minidisc). It is easy to understand and designed to work well with other music programs, just click record. You can also record live...; Tags: Microphone, Recorder, WAV, MP3, Guitartab, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-07-10
Blue Microphones Snowflake USB: To truly take advantage of computer-based communications such as VoIP and Skype, you'll eventually want to invest in a decent USB microphone. Unlike those cheap microphones that plug into your desktop computer's mic input, or the noisy microphone built into your laptop, a quality USB microphone like the Snowflake ($79)...; Tags: USB, Snowflake, microphone; Product reviews 2008-07-09
Review roundup: Hands-free headset/speaker solutions from Etymotic, Aliph, Nokia and Spracht: In just over a month, you will not be able to use your cellphone in your automobile in Washington State without some kind of hands-free solution. Hands-free laws are in place now or coming soon to many other states and areas of the world so now is a good time...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Solution, Ear, Phone, Device, Microphone, Nokia Corp., Call, Controller, Headset, Bluetooth, Button, Cable, Spracht, EtyBlu, etyBLU, BLUmaxx, Battery Life, Aliph Jawbone, Earbud, Earloop, Noise Assassin Technology, Nokia BH-903, Phone Call Functionality, Aura Mobile BT, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-29

Etymotic EtyBLU Bluetooth headset: Etymotic is an established name in high-performance wired earbuds and is known for its flanged ear tips and "true to the ear" sound. The company made its foray into the wireless market a couple years ago with the Ety8 stereo Bluetooth earbuds, but had yet to debut a monaural Bluetooth...; Tags: volume rocker, headset, ear tip, EtyBLU, Etymotic, mic, Bluetooth headset; Product reviews 2008-05-07
Leopard mauls podcaster (updated 2x): For weeks I've been bedeviled by an audio bug on my MacBook Pro. The symptoms include poor audio quality by recipients of a Skype call using a USB microphone. While that may sound like an obscure bug, it affects one particular vertical market the hardest – podcasters. ...; Tags: Microphone, Skype Technologies S.A., Bug, USB, Podcasts, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Zoom H2: MP3 players and cell phones are fine for recording the occasional voice memo, but recording a music recital or broadcast-quality interview requires a product with more muscle. The Zoom H2 is not the smallest or best-sounding mobile audio recorder we've come across, but with an unbeatable street price of around...; Tags: microphone; Product reviews 2008-04-11
Fraunhofer IIS shows audio technology at VON.x 2008: In the world where chip technology improves exponentially, acoustic engineering isn't so simple and it presents a huge hurdle to overcome to the world of telephony and video conferencing. Fraunhofer IIS (inventors of MPEG-1 Layer 3 AKA MP3) seeks to tackle this challenge and showed off some of its research...; Tags: Microphone, Speaker, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft IIS Server, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-03-19
Sony PSP Headset: As part of its January 2008 firmware update (version 3.90), the slim Sony PSP (PSP-2000) includes built-in support for Skype, the popular VoIP voice over Internet protocol service that allows cheap-to-free calls worldwide. (Because of its less capacious memory, the Skype feature isn't available on the original version of the...; Tags: Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation Portable, headset, PSP Headset, headphone, Skype Technologies S.A., microphone; Product reviews 2008-03-13
A Full Bandwidth Calibrator for a Sound Pressure and Particle Velocity Sensor: In literature it is shown that it is possible to calibrate a sound pressure and a particle velocity sensor in the free field at higher frequencies. This is done by calculating the acoustic impedance at a certain distance of a spherical loudspeaker. If the sound pressure is measured with a...; Tags: Microphone, Velocity, Loudspeaker, Sensor; White papers 2008-03-10
SkypeCap (exe): With SkypeCap you are able to record microphone audio chatting and moreover, the most interesting part Web cam real-time Skype video. Your partner won't be aware his/her video and audio session being captured by SkypeCap. You can also capture audio chatting in Skype-out mode. You can make a call to...; Tags: Audio, Microphone, Video, SkypeCap, Corporate Communications, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-02-21
FTV Audio Recorder (exe): The FTV Audio Recorder application was designed to a powerful recorder and player. It will repeat complete recording from any digital resource. You can record sound, played back through your sound card and any other sound sources like microphone , midi, VCR, microphone, Internet audio streaming, Winamp, Windows Media Player,...; Tags: Audio, Microphone, Recorder, Audio Card, MP3, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-02-11
Typle (exe): With Typle, you can open any application, document, folder or Internet page, by your voice commands. You can speak in any language you like and choose how you want to say the commands. You can also use any kind of microphone. Typle is available in Free and Premium versions. In...; Tags: Microphone, Typle, Speech Recognition, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2008-01-23
Typle Premium MultiLingual (exe): You can speak in any language you like and choose how you want to say the commands. You can also use any kind of microphone. In the Premium version, you can record different users and different keywords, and Typle recognizes up to 450 voice commands. Typle uses its own unique...; Tags: Microphone, Typle, Speech Recognition, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2008-01-22
MacBook Air - Second thoughts: MacBook Air - Second thoughtsWhat about as a second computer?Some good points there Adrian. Following what you said, I definitely don't think the Air will be of much use to many people as their [b]sole and only computer[/b].If I was made of money, I would definitely get one as a...; Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, microphone, Asus Eee, MacBook Air, battery, Second Thoughts, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-16
Striking writers and digital media: Striking writers and digital mediaSimple commentIn my simple view... Thank goodness Noggin's writers haven't knocked shows off the air. Then again, my kids never seem to tire of watching over-and-over again. And now Noggin has gone 24/7 as of 1/1. Wholesome family values - good lesson for anyone.Technology...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, union member, union rate, digital media, boom operator, microphone; Discussion threads 2008-01-03
A $37 mic, a little soldering, and you've got VoIP on your iPod!: rob.tc walks us through all the necessary microphone modification and installation steps for the SIP/VOIP Application for the iPod touch. This is done with the VoiceIII microphone for iPod, and your basic soldering tools. You can buy the VoiceIII iPod mic here. ...; Tags: VoIP, Apple iPod, Microphone, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-01-03
Super Silent Manager (exe): Silently Watch Desktop, Webcam and Microphone Activities of computers on the network even over the internet. Also saves the activities as movie files for recordical purpose. Survillance for employees, kids, spouse or anyone. This program let you connect to all of the computers on your network and watch their screen...; Tags: Webcam, Microphone; Software downloads 2008-01-02
Iqua Vizor: Thanks to new driving laws that require the use of hands-free cell phone devices, Bluetooth speakerphones have become quite popular. While quite a few high-end cars have built-in speaker systems to handle cell phone calls, most of us are stuck with either a Bluetooth headset or the same old wired...; Tags: Bluetooth, microphone, Iqua Vizor, Iqua, Bluetooth Speakerphone; Product reviews 2007-12-11