STENOMASK / PRIVACY MICROPHONES
Stenomask is a hand-held microphone built into a padded, sound-proof enclosure that fits over the speaker’s mouth. The purpose of a Stenomask is to allow a person to speak without being heard by other people, and to keep background noise away from the microphone.
Are you looking for a microphone that provides total voice privacy and noise cancellation?
Talk Technologies has been investing and innovating in voice privacy and noise cancellation for over 70 years. Our Stenomask microphone is a pocket-sized sound booth that does two things extremely well.
- It allows you to speak privately in crystal-clear sound. The specialized microphone makes your voice inaudible to those around you thus enabling you to use speech technology anywhere, without being overheard or disturbing others.
- It eliminates background noise. Use it anywhere and everywhere no matter how loud your surroundings – at the office, in public, during class or at home.
Compatible with any type of device including phones, tablets, computers, recorders, transmitters, two-way radios, and amplifiers. Wherever you use a microphone, you can use a Stenomask. The ergonomic design allows you to use it comfortably in either hand or, if you prefer, we have hands free options. Our Quiet Cushion face-piece provides incredible comfort and sound proofing while an internal breathing port allows you to speak and breath naturally.
The highest accuracy speech recognition results
Speech recognition presents a number of challenges. In an office or public space for example, there can be multiple sound sources: people talking, loud equipment, TV and independent music/radio sources, interior and exterior noise. Isolating one’s voice – the source of a command, cancelling echoes and background noise requires sophisticated technology. Stenomask was designed to work flawlessly in less than ideal conditions. When used in conjunction with speech recognition software such as Dragon, it allows you to achieve up to 100% text accuracy in real-time by eliminating all background noise. Going from your voice to your text document has never been more accurate or private.
Security you can trust
Voice security and privacy are more important and harder to find than ever. We’ve invested over 70 years of research and development into creating our latest products to provide you with total voice privacy and the best noise cancellation properties of any microphone available on the market today.
Stenomask highlights
- The only Stenomask with a modern design for today’s technology
- Patented double wall composition with internal soundproofing
- Fresh air intake and moisture wicking exhaust
- Several models to choose from including wired and wireless
- The most accurate and private microphone on the market
- Makes your voice completely inaudible to those around you
- No more disturbing others while speaking
- Can be used in conjunction with any type of device and software
- 30% lighter and quieter than other masks
- Enhanced SmartMic technology for speech recognition
- Ergonomically designed for extended use
- Accessories including hands free options, alternate facepieces, moisture control (Mask Blaster), additional soundproofing (Talk Sock), adapters, carry cases and more!
- Court reporters – the demand for voice reporters across the country is skyrocketing. An individual can become a certified (Stenomask) verbatim court reporter in as little as 6 months. Stenomask is used in every military courtroom in the USA.
- Healthcare – Many clinicians use voice technology for clinical decision support and documentation in their office or home, however they are much less inclined to do so in the presence of patients and peers due to privacy issues (HIPAA) and background noise affecting accuracy.
- Law enforcement – As the demands for quality, timely and increasingly standardized police incident reporting continue to rise, cumbersome reporting processes can impact productivity, efficiency and officer safety in ever increasing loud and crowded public spaces. Our proprietary voice isolating, micro sound booth technology ensures a safer and more accurate way to create incident reports and perform other essential tasks—all by voice.
- Military- Security – Verbally transmitting sensitive information without fear or consequence of being overheard by someone or listened in on by surveillance equipment. Eliminating all background noise in situation such as an aircraft carrier, battlefield, parade, concert etc.
- Legal – lawyers and or court interpreters that need to relay or document sensitive information via voice.
- Assistive technology – Individuals with disabilities that use speech recognition technology at work, home and school. Recently we have seen a dramatic increase in people embracing this technology at work and in the classroom. Used in conjunction with speech recognition software it affords them the ability to work freely, anywhere, without having to worry about disturbing others or being overheard.
- Education/students – privately taking voice notes during lectures or using speech recognition to write papers without disturbing others
- Commuters, open office workers – Privately transcribing emails or documents on a train, bus or airplane without disturbing others or making confidential phone calls and voice notes.
- High decibel work environments- Packaging and processing plants, manufacturing, construction, security, engine rooms, concerts, battlefield, airports, nightclubs
- Language interpreters – Stenomask used with a transmitter enables clear, noise free voice transmissions when information needs to be provided in one or more language to large or dispersed groups. These vertical markets include meetings, tour groups, churches, businesses, hospitals, schools, military, law enforcement etc.
- Entertainment – theaters, recording studios, movie sets, audio description
Ideal Situations for Stenomask
- Verbal documentation of information when and where privacy is of the utmost importance
- Conducting private phone conversations or voice to text in any situation
- Simultaneous language interpretation without the need for a sound booth
- Privately transcribing emails or documents on a train, bus or airplane without disturbing others
- Discreetly taking verbal notes during a lecture or business meeting
- Theater / stage direction
- Crystal clear voice communication on a high decibel work site or situation. e.g. laboratory, call center, factory, engine room, construction site, airport, concert, nightclub
- Verbally transmitting sensitive or personal information without fear or consequence of being overheard by someone or listened in on by surveillance equipment
This mic solves both issues elegantly.
I can even use this mic in an airport and the other participants in Zoom won’t know unless I tell them. I can also use this as a passenger in a car and the driver can’t hear me. It’s simply a must-have for anyone who needs to participate in professional meetings while on the go.
There is a hardware gain adjustment you can make to tailor the mic pickup to your natural speaking volume. This is one of like 4 ways this product tries to prevent background noise from getting picked up. The others include mics tailored to the human vocal range and a sound-proofed case”
“We have these at TRAID, they work awesome! Very accurate and quiet, the person next to the user cannot overhear” David Selover- Assistive Technology Coordinator TRAID
“These are awesome devices. They have really revamped the mics and the connections from what they originally had. I have the new Pro-1 and love it” Mikel McCary– Resource Center for Independent Living Kansas
“Thank you for the wonderful surprise, my new Pro-1. I spent quite a bit of time testing the mask and I’m thrilled to report it is even better than the previous SmartMic design. Your claims are correct on all fronts. It’s considerably lighter and quieter. The speech recognition accuracy is amazing and I love the new sleeker, streamlined design. Court reporters will be very pleased! In my opinion there was no need to come up with a new mask design, yet you guys did and made it remarkably better. Congratulations, very high tech!” Bettye A. Keyes, author of “Voice Writing Method” CCR, CSR, CVR-M, RVR
“Comfortable and effective device! This works great in the classroom. I can confidently take voice notes without bothering anyone around me” M. Shain, Tulane University