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          <th>Bug ID</th>
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   title="NEW - Incoming/recording sound volume much too soft/low when routed through USB audio"
   href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94482">94482</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Incoming/recording sound volume much too soft/low when routed through USB audio
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>PulseAudio
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>Other
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>All
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>medium
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>alsa
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>pulseaudio-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>susancragin@earthlink.net
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          <th>QA Contact</th>
          <td>pulseaudio-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>lennart@poettering.net
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        <pre>I have a half-dozen USB audio cards, which I use primarily for speech
recognition applications and video chat. They all behave about the same. 
The volume I hear from the other end is fine.
But the incoming volume, the volume of my voice, is set much too low. I have to
speak loudly in a telephone conversation, and talk to my speech recognition as
if it were across the room.
Google's speech recognition application is particularly problematic. 
If I use NaturallySpeaking running under wine, things are a bit better because
the program compensates more. 
But the incoming speech recognition should be much more sensitive than it is,
since users using voice/speech recognition do not want to strain their voices
when using the product over a long period of time. 
Plus, it is rude to the other people in the room if I have to yell. 
It appears that the incoming sound level is set to record a garage band or the
like, and not the human voice. 

Curiously, I get better recognition through a bluetooth telephone headset than
I do through a wired (and expensive) Andrea Pureaudio USB and Speechware
Fleximike. 

??</pre>
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