I bought this mic for use with my Dragon naturally Speaking software. As soon as i connected it and tried to test the sound quality i noticed there was static and overwhelming background noise. The noise cancellation feature was non existent. Upon my research i found out that some user on Windows XP like myself are having the same issues and it seems to be an issue with the sound card and USB aspect of this mic. So if your on windows XP you might wanna do some research first before purchasing this mic. I returned it immediately and ended up going with the Logitech h250 headset (since its not a USB mic) and it works flawlessly with my voice recognition software