RayC:I looked at the Buddy Flamingo USB mic. It looks strange to me. I'm not sure how this work. Must be my age.
You can see the Buddy Flamingo (as well as other microphones) on the eMicrophones web site. Here is a picture of my pet racoon dictating to an IBM ThinkPad with a Buddy Flamingo
As it sounds as if you are a new user of Dragon Speech Recognition, below my name are some new user tips that will help you achieve high accuracy quickly.
Marty Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.
See us at: http://www.emicrophones.com
I have several suggestions to make your transition to Dragon NaturallySpeaking more fruitful:
1. Read, "Key Steps to High Speech Recognition Accuracy" at:
http://www.emicrophones.com/docDetails.asp?DocumentID=38
2. Go to our Links/Articles page at:
http://www.emicrophones.com/articles/index.asp
Listen to the three sound files on How to Sound and How Not to Sound. Essentially, it may be continuous speech, but it is not conversational speech you need to master. Each word must be enunciated clearly. Speaking in phrases, helps the system because the system is listening not only for the sounds of words but comparing each word to words before and after for context clues.
3.
http://www.emicrophones.com/faq_answer.asp?contentID=69
The above link in our Dragon NaturallySpeaking FAQ or frequently asked questions section, tells you the proper way to create a new user profile including when to add your typical documents (not during the training phase).
4. When you begin to make corrections, make corrections within the context of at least one other word. This will improve the speech profile as relates to your particular style of speaking and will increase the probability that the word will be recognized correctly the next time you speak it.