The Andrea USB Pod (external soundcard) allows you to connect any computer microphone and convert it to a USB audio device. This ensures high quality audio on any operating system. Used for speech recognition applications, internet telephony and all computer audio applications.
Further, we strongly recommend against the use of integrated soundcards because they are prone to microwave interference, RF interference, fan noise, and a host of other problems (due to the fact that they are unshielded). The advantages of an external soundcard are:
1. Isolates the soundcard from electronic noise produced by fans and hard drives
2. Eliminates most shielding problems by placing the soundcard outside the enclosure
3. Can be used on multiple computers because it is small and portable
4. USB Pods are well shielded
Note: We recommend the ANC USB pod for all notebook computers and most desktop systems.
