Question:

Subject:
Example: “ASK Sales” or "Account Help"

Name:

E-mail:

 

 

2. Purchase A Headset

PerioPal’s functionality and accuracy rely on the use of a high quality noise-cancelling headset and a USB sound card device. Order directly from Speech Recognition Solutions, our recommended audio hardware specialists.

PerioPal-Compatible Headset and USB Sound Adapter combination:

Andrea ANC 750 Headset and the Buddy USB 6G Sound Adapter Combination:
Product Information and Pricing

This combination is recommended for all types of operatories – both open and closed designs. 

Exception:  If you do not have ANY barriers between you and another clinician, please contact customer service for a higher grade selection.

PerioPal responds with speed and accuracy in a noisy clinical environment but needs a barrier (walls, doors, or cabinets) between the microphone and high frequency sounds such as high speed drills and/or ultrasonic devices.

Try an 'Evaluation' Headset from Your Local Electronic Vendor

You may wish to try a lower quality USB headset for software evaluation only – not for daily use with PerioPal.
Dynex Mono USB Headset is a combo microphone and USB device purchased locally or online or at Best Buy.

 

 

Note:
If you begin with a lower quality headset and then upgrade to the recommended PerioPal–compatible headset and USB device you will be required to repeat voice training.

 

1. Can I use a headset that I already own?

If you try a headset that you already own and it is not a quality USB headset, you will not have success with PerioPal. We guarantee it.

We have tested most products on the market plus feedback from users who have also attempted PerioPal with low quality products or non-USB products. Please consider using one of the selections recommended

1. Why do I need a USB sound card device?

With speech recognition, you need a proper sound card. Most computer sound cards are not shielded properly; so they pick up electronic noise from within the computer enclosure. This distorts the sound signals from even the best microphone making speech recognition difficult or impossible.

Your USB Sound Device is designed to sit outside the computer so unwanted noise from within the computer is not picked up.

Buddy USB 5G 

2. Why do I need the Buddy 6G sound device?

We have tested them all. The Buddy USB allows the PC microphone to connect directly to the body of the sound device without long cables. The sound signals coming from the microphone are digitized immediately enabling fast and accurate speech recognition.

Voice recognition for periodontal exams is a sophisticated technology requiring high quality hardware for recording accuracy. Settling for less accuracy is simply not acceptable when it comes to documenting periodontal data not to mention the time it takes to correct errors!

Other products may work for evaluating the software or for training at home, but are not recommended with PerioPal in a noisy clinical environment.

USB Devices with long cablesNot Recommended!
USB Devices with
long cables can distort
sound signals.

3. Can I use a wireless headset?

We tried but they failed. As we mentioned earlier, the Andrea Headset microphone connects directly to the Buddy USB sound device. The spoken PerioPal commands are immediately digitized enabling fast and accurate speech recognition.

In today’s dental environment, there is a lot of noise disharmony. Interior walls are constructed differently as more high speed and ultrasonic equipment emerges. We found the wireless headsets for voice-driven periodontal exams unreliable in the dental operatory.

Please check back. Voice technology is improving.