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Thanks for this - yes different headsets being plugged into different USB ports. You're also spot on with regards to we use different headsets for Hygiene reasons.<br />
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A very good idea with using a designated USB extension lead specifically for headsets, this is something I will definitely do.<br />
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Thanks for the other solution - I will try this and feedback.
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Thanks for this - yes different headsets being plugged into different USB ports. You're also spot on with regards to we use different headsets for Hygiene reasons.

A very good idea with using a designated USB extension lead specifically for headsets, this is something I will definitely do.

Thanks for the other solution - I will try this and feedback.

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Hi,<br />
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We currently have a Windows XP machine that uses two different audio devices, a headset for speech recognition and microphone for dictation. For dictating the default device in XP needs to be the microphone however every time you plug in a new headset it changes the default device in XP and then stops our dictation device working.<br />
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Is there a reg edit fix or anything else to try so the default device remains as the microphone in XP?
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Hi,

We currently have a Windows XP machine that uses two different audio devices, a headset for speech recognition and microphone for dictation. For dictating the default device in XP needs to be the microphone however every time you plug in a new headset it changes the default device in XP and then stops our dictation device working.

Is there a reg edit fix or anything else to try so the default device remains as the microphone in XP?

How to stop default audio device changing in Windows XP

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Voice or speech recognition includes methodologies and technologies that enable the recognition and translation of spoken language into text by computers and computerized devices. It is also known as "automatic speech recognition" (ASR), "computer speech recognition", or just "speech to text" (STT). Voice recognition applications include voice user interfaces such as voice dialling (e.g. "Call home"), call routing (e.g. "I would like to make a collect call"), appliance control, search, simple data entry, preparation of structured documents, speech-to-text processing, and aircraft (usually termed Direct Voice Input).