Olympus ME-12 Noise Canceling Microphone

I bought a couple of microphones looking to replace my Plantronics .Audio desktop microphone. Of them were the Koss M-18, Logitech USB Desktop, and this one.

This Olympus was the cheapest of the 3. It's sensitivity is a little low. This helps with canceling a lot of background noise & makes sense as the primary purpose of this mic was usage with digital recorders. However, any dictation where the source is further than 10 inches may not record clearly.

I was using the mic with my PC audio card so results may vary when using it with the suggested Olympus recorders.

Better for interviews than the built-in mic on Olympus voice recorders. I have the WS-320M recorder. The ME-12 mic is not as sensitive as the built-in, though. The ME-12 is at its best when dictating, and not as good when recording a lecture from far away.

Works great with an extension cable, and is especially good for recording live interviews. You can move the mic where you want it depending on who's speaking.

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This little microphone works well for me. I've owned it since August and now it's November 3. I use it with my Olympus WS-100 to take notes which I then save to my computer and import it into Dragon Naturally Speaking version 9 Preferred which then produces a Microsoft Word document. I speak into the microphone from about 2 inches away and am really careful with my diction and pronunciation because there is just a little bit of distortion if you over drive it. But with a little work in practice it does what it's supposed to do. Oh, one side note if you do import this into Dragon be aware you will have to make corrections. Sometimes a lot of them but that's based on how you speak. Or maybe that's based on how I speak that's been my experience anyway. But that's not the fault of the microphone.

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I've only used this a few times, after buying it on advice of the Nuance (Dragon Naturally Speaking transcription software) website. They said it greatly improved the sound quality for dictation purposes.

And they were RIGHT! Clear as a bell I even left the recorder ON in my pants pocket (accidentally) and had a relatively clear recording, even though the recorder and mike were INSIDE A CASE! If you use it per their instructions, you'll have crystal clear notes and memos.

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I was disappointed to see that my new laptop did not have a microphone in it. So I looked around and found this one. It fits nicely into the jack and works well with Skype without being in the way.

I had a buddy do a quality comparison of this microphone and my bluetooth headset and he indicated that the ME-12 was heads and shoulders above the headset. The distance from my mouth to the unit (arms length) is not an issue.

It's a great unit at a great price that performs very well.

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