Philips and OM System each offer a range of hand-held and hands-free dictation microphones. There are even some wireless options. All have microphones that are optimised for use with Speech Recognition software, and all have anti - microbial surfaces.
Checkout the Philips SpeechMike Premium Touch - the official successor to the Nuance PowerMic and the new Philips SpeechMike Ambient Wearable AI Assistant.
Here is a comparison chart for the top desktop dictation microphones on the market.
| Model | Slide Switch/Push Button | Trackball or Touch? | Internal Memory | Microphone Type | Suitable for use with Speech Recognition software? | Hygienic casing? | Hands free - docking station | Wearable - neck strap or magnetic clip | Wireless or Bluetooth | Wireless range - distance from dongle or cradle |
| OM System RM-4110N | Slide Switch | Trackball | n/a | intelligent 2- microphone system with 3- layer pop filter | yes | yes | yes | no | no | n/a |
| OM System RM-4010N | Push Button | Trackball | n/a | intelligent 2- microphone system with 3- layer pop filter | yes | yes | yes | no | no | n/a |
| OM System RM-4010P | Push Button | Trackball | n/a | intelligent 2- microphone system with 3- layer pop filter | yes | yes | yes | no | no | n/a |
| OM System RM-4015P | Push Button | Trackball | 8GB | intelligent 2- microphone system with 3- layer pop filter | yes | yes | yes | no | no | n/a |
| Philips LFH3200 SpeechMike III Pro | Push Button | Trackball | n/a | Noise cancelling microphone | yes | yes | no | no | no | n/a |
| Philips LFH3500 SpeechMike Pro Premium Push Button | Push Button | Trackball | n/a | Free floating, decoupled microphone | yes | yes | no | no | no | n/a |
| Philips LFH3510 SpeechMike Pro Premium Slide Switch | Slide Switch | Trackball | n/a | Free floating, decoupled microphone | yes | yes | no | no | no | n/a |
| Philips SMP3700 SpeechMike Premium Touch Push Button | Push Button | Touch | n/a | Decoupled studio quality microphone with optimised microphone grille and built in noise reduction filter | yes | yes | no | no | no | n/a |
| Philips SMP3710 SpeechMike Premium Touch Slide Switch | Slide Switch | Touch | n/a | Decoupled studio quality microphone with optimised microphone grille and built in noise reduction filter | yes | yes | no | no | no | n/a |
| Philips SMP4000 SpeechMike Premium Air Push Button | Push Button | Touch | n/a | Studio quality, decoupled free-floating microphone with built in triple layer nose reduction filter | yes | yes | yes | no | Wireless - docking station | 5m |
| Philips SMP4010 SpeechMike Premium Air Slide Switch | Slide Switch | Touch | n/a | Studio quality, decoupled free-floating microphone with built in triple layer nose reduction filter | yes | yes | yes | no | Wireless - docking station | 5m |
| Philips PSM5000 SpeechMike Ambient - Wearable AI Assistant | Push Button | Touch | n/a | four high performance beam forming microphones | yes | yes | yes | yes | Bluetooth - dongle | 25m |