I can't stand a TV or radio on while I transcribe, almost anywhere in the house.

nm

• Watch/listen to TV while you work? - Li
  • Yes I do! - Chelle
  • WOW - It's nice - CM
  • I have tinnitus, so I can either listen to people in the background or the "crickets" in my he - nm Getting noisy in here,,,,
  • i'd be afraid I would type what I heard on the radio - i've done something like that before
  • TV - Mary
  • Police scanner going 24/7. Fun! nm - SH (Scanner Hag)
    • You know, that sounds really neat. What kind of stuff do you hear? sm - Li
      • I have a Radio Shack one that was on sale for about $79 but it usuallySM - SH
  • Yep, small TV on cable news, VERY low. Just in case the worlds ends, - I gotta know. nm
  • No, there's nothing on TV that's worth watching anyways. - no TV
    • White noise sm - It's getting noisy in here
    • What kind of music? nm - Li
      • It depends on my mood. - no TV
        • Good idea! Thanks for the inspiration. :) - Li
  • I can't stand a TV or radio on while I transcribe, almost anywhere in the house. - memt
    • Me, too! Type in silence...shhhh...the droning of dictators is more than enough! nm - passing thru
  • I have thought about this, too. - cm
    • Why not? - Li
      • Remote Control - cm

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They sell a very inexpensive adapter for serial and/or game port to USB.  Mine works fine with Dictaphone EXText, eScription EditScript, etc.  I think I paid $10 for it at a local store.

You can search radio shack online and see if your local store has them in stock or can get them.    many many new computers are going to exclusively USB ports, no more serial or parallel

Try radio shack...for the past 4 or 5 days have been having very poor quality voice out of the blue - couldn't figure if it was my computer or phone lines or the client - but for 19.95 from R Shack I have ordered a head set that covers over background noise and also has a low/hi volume control, which I think I will really like...will let you know how it is when I get it if you are still having problems...the radio shack guy said he had 3 orders before mine...so maybe the MT world was aware they were on sale...Good Luck!

My husband has it in his car and I would like to listen at home, called customer service and the person had a limited knowledge of English so I had trouble understanding her. (Went to their website). Do I need an antenna and special radio or what?  It sounds like the price is inclusive once I get the equipment for the home radio.  Thanks

e-mail her or call her and see what she says. She gives pretty good advice and is FREE!!

If you can be positive about this relationship, you can be positive about yourself and meeting someone else. Remember, your gut feeling is what's right, and I think I know what your gut is telling you or you wouldn't be posting this in the first place, you just need someone to back you up. Don't waste any more time. & don't talk about THE REST OF YOUR LIFE -- you have choices you can make in this too as much as he has the choice to do/not do something -- it's just that you have the choice to stay in this stagnent pool of muck or get out, clean yourself off and never return to the dirty pool. Who knows what the future holds for you, but if you stay with him it will just be this same cycle over and over again, unfortunately. I say cut your losses now.

That was what was on Hannity's radio show at 3:00 p.m. central time when he was interviewing a weatherman who has been in the business since 1978 and whose dad graduted in 1965 from Texas A&M in weather - so he has sure studied weather a long time (he says since he was 5 yo).

Something to think about.

several adapters to choose from to convert to a USB port.  with each newer version of computers they seem to be cutting out the older types of ports (like used for older foot pedals/game ports, etc) and using "s" connections, usb, etc.  the computer that I have from 1995 has different ports than the tower I bought last summer and my laptop that I bought last summer so I have to use an adapter and everything is fine.

If this evolves as planned, there will be no typing at all by 2010. 

When I worked in-house my manager and a coworker were having a conversation and I typed a couple sentences of it without realizing. 

is around $100 -- a portable one that I bought a power supply for.

I hear everything. Fires, fights, rapes, hostage situations (YES!), wrecks, stabbings, shootings, mean dogs - you name it. I sleep to it.

How lame is that? LOL. I will readily admit I have NO LIFE.

I caught the tail end of the report, but wasn't exactly sure what they were talking about so switched to an AM news station.  By that time the second plane had hit and the reporter at the scene was practically hysterical, saying, "You're not listening to me.  Another plane just hit the second tower!" 

Then while my car was being worked on, the TV in the waiting room was on CNN or one of those channels and I watched at least the first tower fall from there and just remember thinking "I can't believe this is happening."  I guess I was in shock, because I didn't cry until the memorial service at the National Cathedral was televised several days later.

I have definitely been considering ordering the Bose QC-3, but am a little hesitant because of their price.  I did find better prices on E-Bay, but not sure you would get a warranty with those (some are new though).  Also, since I do dictation via C-phone not sure they would work for that. 

A few years ago I also had the noise canceling headphones from Radio Shack and used them off and on while working on-site, but found them to be very warm and a bit heavy...after a few years though they were not working well...and that is why I am looking at the Bose.

Also tried the Etymotic 6 earbuds, which were supposed to be so good.  They are good, but I can't stand to have the earbuds in my ears for a very long period of time.

Let me know if you purchase the Bose...would like to hear your opinion.

If you go to messages from last week here there are a lot of good things said about the Bose QC earphones (both 2 and 3).

Radio Shack sells an extender cord that has a volume control device in it for $10 or so.

I can't stand anything sticking into my ears, so I only use the "earmuff" style headphones. In fact, I just had to buy a pair because my old ones died, and using the ones my company supplied was killing my ears. I found a pair of JVC headphones that are DJ-style and have an in-line volume control on them. By plugging them into the audio jack on the front of my PC, it cut out the humming noise I got when plugging them into my speakers, and by covering my ears, they cut out all the extra noise from the house. I was shocked at how loud my keyboard was when I had to use the other headphones because these muffle it so much.