3M Mobile Microphone User Reviews

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Turns off quite frequently

We’ve had this product for about three years and the problem of the microphone frequently turning itself off, sometimes in mid-word, has never been resolved. It’s maddening.

Lock Screen & repeatedly disconnects

I really like this microphone better than all my dictation options, when it works. I’d like the developers to consider having a Lock Screen override. When my phone automatically locks, it stops recording. And reconnecting is a real problem. I spend so much time reconnecting, multiple times per day, which is super frustrating when this is supposed to save me time. I end up typing my notes often bcs it won’t stay connected. If I delete the app & reinstall in helps but this is all too time consuming.
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App Becomes Unlinked Without Notice

On my iPhone this app becomes intermittently and inexplicably “unlinked” so that I look down after speaking for a time, and I realize that nothing I said has been transcribed.

This would be great if it could integrate AirPods or headphones with microphones

This is OK if you are in a pinch and don’t have a microphone for dictation around you BUT you have to hold the phone to your mouth (or close enough)to dictate. This app does not work with your AirPods or headphones with microphone in them!!

I would give this app 5 stars if it integrated AirPods or headphones with mics in them for the dictation.
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Garbage

Complete garbage. Very unreliable and when down, No easy fixes. Hospitals are using this as a cheap work around more sophisticated systems and making all of the poor physicians bear the burden.

Used to work

Doesn’t connect with my phone anymore, even though the accounts are logged in on both.

Literal garbage

Does not connect majority of the time and I waste my time trying to get it to connect rather than getting work done. It will occasionally give me the green light and dictate but then loses the connection randomly and I’m screwed staring at that stupid red button trying to get it to reconnect. Make it make sense.
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Delayed input

Fails to replace the handheld device.

It consumes a lot of battery.

Almost 70% of battery for 1 hour of use on iPhone SE 2020. Please fix!

Overall ok

Overall it works well once you have the app trained. Disappointed that the audio input cannot be switched from the phones microphone to a pair of AirPods connected via Bluetooth. Would be much more comfortable to use that than to hold the phone.

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