I bought this to use with a voice recorder so I could dictate for transcription with Dragon Naturally Speaking. For the first week, it worked great. I didn't use it much for a few months, and when I returned yesterday suddenly the transcriptions looked like gibberish. I thought my Dragon profile had been reset at first, until I actually listened to the recording. The audio has become static, with a very weak distant voice that's barely audible even at max volume. I've been transcribing by hand, See full review