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For my purposes: Speech to text software; Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.5 Home Premium. Ease of use and pairing: Excellent and requiring no special software or applications. Accuracy in dictation: In my opinion, the microphones accuracy when using Dragon NaturallySpeaking is 100%. Errors that do occur, are from my in proper enunciation or mispronunciation. Comfort after long periods of use: On a scale from 1 to 10, I would give the Sennheiser Presence an 8.75 to 9.5. I found that the wire over my ear began to become a comfort issue after about four or five hours. However, I must stress that this is my first ‘over ear’ Bluetooth device and I have no doubt that I’m applying too much pressure on the wire out of inexperience. In addition, when I consider that I can simply change the microphone over to my other ear when I do feel discomfort, I must admit that the comfort of the Sennheiser Presence then becomes a non-issue. Of course, not everyone can or is willing to move the microphone to the opposite ear at the point discomfort. That’s why I gave it a “8.75 to 9.5” rating. Usable life after a full charge: I can get 8 to 10 hours of talk time on a full charge. However, when the microphone indicates that I have between two and four hours of talk time left, I plug it in for recharging using the USB cable. It only took about an hour and a half for me to recharge the Sennheiser Presence back up to its 100%. Range capability: I have a home office and the computers which I connect the Bluetooth dongle as well as my cordless telephone base, are in that office. I was amazed to find that the microphone was able to maintain a connection in spite of all the walls and furniture throughout about 80% of my home. That is; I was able to use the telephone or dictate on DNS anywhere in the home with exception of the kitchen and the master bathroom. The kitchen and master bathroom are completely out of the ‘line of sight’ of the office doorway. The master bedroom as well as the dining room for instance, can be seen if the office door is open. Of course the living room is central to all the other rooms and therefore leads me to believe that as long as 60 or 70% of the transceiver signal can travel unobstructed, the Sennheiser Presence can maintain a connection. Telephone Application Performance: By today’s standards, I’m old-fashioned and have a very, (and I mean extremely), “basic”, cell phone. We only use it as a communication source when traveling on vacation. Otherwise, the cell phone stays at home and turned off. Our ‘home phone’ is connected through our cable contract and we have a cordless phone system. I have no need for a Bluetooth device connected to a telephone because I prefer to stay off the telephone as much as possible, (if you didn’t get that from my cell phone description). However, there were so many reviews about how well the Sennheiser Presence performed when paired to a telephone that I actually decided to try it. The Sennheiser mic was easy to pair up with my cordless phone and upon receiving my first call, it worked perfectly when I answered it. What was amazing was the fact that everyone I’ve spoken to since I’ve connected this microphone to the telephone, said that I sounded better than I ever had and they actually thought there was some unusually good connection at the time until I told them what I was using. Please keep in mind that I have a high-quality Panasonic cordless telephone system and for the Sennheiser Presence to actually improve upon the quality of that phone’s capabilities is really impressive to me. To Sum It Up: I found that the Sennheiser Presence UC ML 4.0 Bluetooth Wireless Over-Ear Headset w/ BTD800 performed beyond my expectations by so much as to actually surprise me far more than I thought I could be. My primary use remains to be the speech to text applications, (Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.5), and its performance in that arena is absolutely hard to believe! Even when I consider the extremely high rating that KnowBrainer dot com gave this microphone, I was still unprepared for the Sennheiser Presence’s performance. Bear in mind that there are many reviews on this microphone and it does come in a number of configurations. The configuration I have is not at the top of the variations Sennheiser offers. However, the actual transceiver/headset, (the main unit, as it were), is identical in every configuration Sennheiser does offer. Therefore, the only differences you may find between the various configurations will be in the model of the available Bluetooth dongle included and headset’s level of software functions. From what I can see, the top-of-the-line configuration offers a number of different additional capabilities when it comes to communication applications regarding telephones. I strongly recommend going to KnowBrainer. The extent of their experience and knowledge in this field is inexhaustible. RichRead full review
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I ordered the Presence in hopes that it would remove background noise while using it as I drive. That it did. But my problem is I can't hear well with it. I gave it to my wife who uses a cheap headset and she also could not hear as well with the presence as she did with her cheaper headset. The Presence may work well indoors but for me it did not work well for my intended use while driving.
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Great sound quality on my end but people i talk to on it say the can barely here me on their end .
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It's so awesome. i really love it. it has very good sound. and it is light weight, yes i would recommendyo this item......
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I ordered this Bluetooth to replace the same Bluetooth I had misplaced. It is a very good product, good value, reasonable cost.
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