Which Mic Actually Lowers Word Error Rate?

Daniel is a voice-first user stuck with terrible dictation accuracy from his laptop's built-in mic — even with Easy Effects cranked to max. This episode tears down the real physics problem: the inverse square law, AGC hallucination, and why Bluetooth compression adds measurable errors. We compare compact shotguns, wireless lavs, and the unglamorous headset option, with hard data from Puget Systems and Podcastage benchmarks. If your only metric is Word Error Rate, which mic actually wins? Episode #470417 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/470417