Why spend over $500 on a headset microphone? That's an excellent question and I'll try to explain why in this review.

You're a busy professional. You need to be on the telephone for extended periods of the day but you also know its healthy to be moving around during the day instead of just sitting. You also like to move around to keep an eye out for what's happening in your office.

On top of this you have decided to increase your work productivity in terms of coping with that ever increasing email count. Your friend told you about Dragon NaturallySpeaking v9.5 and how it helps her to dictate email and letters at a much faster rate then typing. That speech recognition allows for a more fluid, personal input style instead of static standard email reply's. The bottom line is your not a great typist but you can dictate and articulate your thoughts verballyl very well...

But all this technology? A wired headset is too cumbersome, and keeps you tied to the phone like a slave. You want wireless but your Dragon 9.5 using friend told you that you need a quality USB microphone and they are all corded. Manage two headsets on your desk ? No way!

Now you have the ultimate solution:

I have personally been using the Jabra GN9350 combination wireless telephone and computer USB headset microphone now for more than 6 months. I have been dictating to Dragon for years using a corded NC7100 USB microphone and its been great. But with the volume of calls I take I needed a wireless solution. The GN9350 plugs into the normal telephone on your desk. I have the optional ( I say essential) RL1000 handset lifter plugged in as well. Then the base station of the GN9350 plugs into your Windows based computer via the USB port.

There's two buttons on the base unit. One switches to Computer USB operation for Dragon usage and the other to the Telephone for calls. You don't always need to press the button to swap though. If you are using Dragon and the phone rings, then just by pressing the small engage button on the lightweight headset, you automatically switch to telephone operation! If you are away from your desk and the phone rings, you will hear a pulsing in the earpiece and as long as you have the RL100 handset lifter you can engage the call remotely anywhere in range ( and hang up remotely). Range is quoted by Jabra as 100 metres but in a normal office with steel/brick walls its more like 40m-50m depending on your building. To switch back to Dragon NaturallySpeaking simply end your call and press the left button on the base unit and you are back in computer USB dictation mode.

Either way its more than 5 times the range of bluetooth and has better than double the audio quality.

You can't use bluetooth with Dragon but you can use the Jabra 9350 as the DECT digital quality wireless interface has very high audio quality. Your accuracy with Dragon and the 9350 is the same as a quality corded USB microphone like the NC7100.

So you get the best of both worlds:

Wireless telephone and Dragon voice recognition usage with the one headset, with an easy to use interface so you can swap between tasks.

If you want to test the audio quality of the GN9350 just call us, as all our customer service professionals use the GN9350!

I've give this headset a 9/10.

These units are in stock and available from the product web page.

For full technical specifications please download the fact sheet.