[ale] Microphone

[Jim Philips]

I had terrible luck getting a headset and microphone to work with
Skype. But it looks like there is an extensive help page here:

http://www.skype.com/help/guides/soundsetup_linux.html

On 7/8/07, David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com> wrote:
> I'm looking into setting up skype.  I bought a plantronics headset.  I'm
> having trouble getting the microphone to work well.  This is being used with
> a Dell laptop, where there's already a built-in microphone.
>
> I use "arecord" and "aplay" just to test the microphone.  It works, but the
> audio quality is /horrible/.  Sound like a 20 year old record (or worse).  Is
> this just a cheap microphone, or is there some configuration problem that I
> need to purse.
>
> Thanks for your help.
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