Hi Pranav, The problem is the acoustics are all over the place from extremely quiet to extremely noisy to the point where I cannot hear myself think. When it is quiet, everyone in the office can hear every word I say and I'm sure quickly get sick of hearing me too. When the noise level in the office is reasonable, it is very noticeable that when I start talking to the pc, the noise level reduces. Now just what are they listening to? My standard headset is the VXI Talkpro Express, which has a very good microphone. Cheers Dave Hi Dave, I cannot comment on the legislation. However, I have read about several people using Dragon NaturallySpeaking in extremely noisy environments such as the emergency wards of hospitals. It all depends on the quality of microphone that you have. See www.emicrophones.com for a large selection of microphones or, itspeaking.co.uk. Pranav ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ********************************************************************