Tapping on the headphones seemed to clear up the problem. I wonder if there's a defect in my headset. I tested recording within SimpleSound and the noise canceling worked wonderfully. At this point I don't know what I will use it for. I doubt ViaVoice will help me with my stories, but it works well enough that I might try it.
Speech recognition is certainly the future of computing, so it's exciting to experiment with it.
ViaVoice may not be perfect, but then the word processors of the early 80's are primitive by today's perspective. ViaVoice serves a niche market, but what it does, it does well. The year 2000 has arrived and speech recognition is finally here. Such results strike me as typical. Free Ram, Free Speakers with every 466 or 533 MHz G4 purchase Marc Zeedar has been a Mac fan for over 13 years.