incoming sound level too low when using USB sound cards.
Bug #1547954 reported by
Susan Cragin
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| alsa-driver (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I have LXDE and plain alsa installed.
The outgoing volume is acceptable, but the incoming volume is very low. I have to turn it up all the way to get any kind of recognition in the speech recognition programs I use: dragon naturally speaking, and Google’s speech recognition, which I am using to type this.
I have checked the volume with Audacity. When I turn the microphone up to 100%, that gives me what looks like a normal reading. But that shouldn't be normal, that should be loud.
This problem is independent of any microphone or USB sound card. (I've tried a bunch of both.)
I usually use a Logitech USB external sound card.
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| Susan Cragin (susancragin) wrote | #1 |
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I should mention that most "incoming volume" levels are set for music, which is quite loud on its own.
But I do speech recognition, and my voice is normally soft, plus I must not annoy other people or strain my voice by speaking loudly.
I do speech recognition for sometimes an hour at a time. My voice must be at normal or soft levels. Otherwise, I get hoarse.
Skype / Google Talk have similar problems. Why do I have to act as if the person were across the room, rather than right next to me?
Something needs to be done with the low levels, to suit what the machine is being used for on a productivity level rather than an entertainment level.