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Buddy USB 5G Sound Pod is the 5th generation USB adapter that has an inbuilt high-quality sound card, which replaces a desktop or laptop computer's sound card for high performance speech sound input and output.
It offers full duplex operation for connection with microphone and speakers that is especially well suited to speech recognition applications, and includes a mute switch and indicator lights for power and mute status. Speech Recognition applications on the PC rely on good quality sound input to maintain good performance.
Additional Detail for Buddy USB 5G Pod
High quality sound input is achieved through a combination of a high-quality sound card such as Buddy USB 5G and a good microphone. Buddy USB 5G enables your speech recognition applications to perform equally well on all compatible computing platforms, since the sound card is included on it. Most PCs today have a built in sound card (or chipset), that are often placed close to high electrical noise circuitry like the power supply or other chips working at very high frequencies.
This is particularly a problem with most laptop computers. Buddy USB 5G has the unique advantage of being largely immune to those noises as it is external to the computer chassis.
Buddy USB 5G Pod Applications
Even though Buddy USB 5G is designed for high performance demanded by speech recognition application, it can be used in any application including VOIP that requires clear speech input. In general you can use it as a replacement sound card for practically any headset or for devices with headset like characteristics.
Buddy USB 5G Pod Interface
The USB interface is 2.0 compliant with 12 mega bit transfer rate, and can be used in any USB 2 or USB 1.1 slot in your Windows or Macintosh computers. USB.org, the official governing body of all Universal Serial Bus applications and products, has officially certified the Buddy USB 5G to meet USB standards. The USB cable is 4 inches in length.
Buddy USB 5G Pod Additional Features
- Connectors on Buddy USB 5G conform to PC-99 standards and accept 3.5 mm (1/8") stereo audio connectors.
- A green LED towards the cable lights to indicate power and operational readiness.
- It also includes a convenient mute push button, which toggles the microphone signal on and off.
- The amber light towards the connectors indicates the mute status. Flashing amber light indicates that microphone signal is muted.
Buddy USB 5G Pod Compatibility
Buddy DesktopMic is a Plug & Play device, which uses standard Windows® and Macintosh® drivers. It works with Windows® 98SE, Windows® 2000, Windows® ME, Windows® XP, Windows® 2003, Windows® Vista. It has been tested to work well with Dragon NaturallySpeaking®, Microsoft Speech in Windows, and IBM ViaVoice®.
