Sometimes abbreviated as mic, a microphone is a hardware peripheral and input device originally invented by Emile Berliner in 1877. A microphone allows computer users to input audio into their computers. The picture is an example of Blue Microphone’s Yeti USB microphone – silver edition and an example of a high-quality computer microphone.
What is a microphone used for on a computer?
Below is a short list of all the different uses for a microphone on a computer.
· Audio for a video
· Voice recorder
· VoIP
· Voice recognition
· Computer gaming
· Online chatting
· Recording voice for dictation, singing, and podcasts.
· Recording musical instruments
Where is the microphone plugged into a computer?
The microphone plugs into the back of desktop computers into the computer sound card microphone port and depending on your computer case may also have a port on the front. On a laptop computer, the microphone is plugged into the microphone port found on the front or side of the laptop.
What is a microphone used for on a computer?
Below is a short list of all the different uses for a microphone on a computer.
· Audio for a video
· Voice recorder
· VoIP
· Voice recognition
· Computer gaming
· Online chatting
· Recording voice for dictation, singing, and podcasts.
· Recording musical instruments
Where is the microphone plugged into a computer?
The microphone plugs into the back of desktop computers into the computer sound card microphone port and depending on your computer case may also have a port on the front. On a laptop computer, the microphone is plugged into the microphone port found on the front or side of the laptop.