Labtec Verse 504 Consumer Microphone

Pros: Inexpensive. Easy to use. Pretty good sound, especially for the price.
Cons: May be hard to find. No off/on switch.

Last year, while searching the Internet for ways to indulge my love of karaoke, I ran across kSolo.com, a Web site where members can sing and record karaoke online. Naturally, I got very excited when I found kSolo.com. My discovery led me to take a ...

Pros: lightweight; good sound quality; not expensive; 8'+ cord
Cons: a little awkward for video recording use

I got this microphone to use for my camcorder, not my PC. My Sony camcorder has a "one-hole" microphone jack, instead of the "two-hole" jack, that is apparently more common among camcorders, as I found out from Radio Shack, Walmart, and Staples, when I...

Pros: Long cord, stable base, rugged and durable- dropped it several times, no issues
Cons: Unusable for voice recognition applications

I've been using this mic for over a year with no problems, its an average performer for voice chatting and the occasional game.
I recently got Dragon Naturally Speaking and tried to train the system with this mic but I continually got 'poor mic quality' errors from the software- indicating the signal to noise ratio was insufficient for voice recognition. I'm going to have to buy a decent mic now.