Oh. I see Marty Markoe. So now it's my turn. I made no mention of you,
your company and here you are coming at me flaming my company on the
public forums. I should know by now that I should expect nothing less
from you.

As far as your problems with SpeaktoyourPC, give it a break already. You
don't like them, sue them. Otherwise, your posts flaming the company is
not doing anybody any good here. You are just helping run the group to
below ground zero levels.

THAT IS THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR SELLING MICROPHONES AND ALSO WRITING PUBLIC
REVIEWS ABOUT THEM AND THEN TRYING TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN ANY NEWSGROUP
RELATED TO SPEECH RECOGNITION. Just because you write a magazine article,
this does not make you the alah of microphones and give you the stamp of
approval invulnerable to readers' comments and it's obvious you have a
problem with it.

On this and other newsgroups, there have always been discussions about
reviews posted on the internet. People discuss the articles, and they
also voice out their opinions on the reviewers' testing methods or
motives as you have done when the NCT Noisebuster was introduced.
However, you don't see the authors in all the newsgroups in a constant
battle. Only in microphones and only with you Marty. You don't see speech
recognition dealers doing this do you?

I personally also have my own problems with your testing methods and your
published reviews. You are too vague in your results, you don't include
other excellent microphones in your reviews (unless you sell them for the
most part), and you don't even give accuracy rates to give a good
depiction on the true differences of said microphones. So, in my opinion,
your reviews are extremely biased based on the products you sell and
don't give any real information except as a promotion for your own
products. WANT TO MAKE ME A BELIEVER?? Write some in-depth reviews about
many microphones such as
http://www.macworld.com/2001/05/09/reviews/usbmics.html

Furthermore, as a so called "expert" in this field, you should be able to
give an even better and more in-depth review.

You have left such a bad taste in my mouth about your constant bickering
at other microphone vendors whilst at the same time promoting your Speech
Technology Magazine article as a stamp of approval for your actions, that
I will no longer advertise in that magazine while you are still a
contributing author.  

I don't know about the spamming and direct selling, but obviously action
was taken. However, I can't believe you are talking about spamming. I
have seen posts from you that link to as many as 8 direct links to your
website (all in one post) and your signatures fall within 5 or 10 lines
long. In my book, that's called SPAMMING. Everyone uses these newsgroups
for a little promotion and that is acceptable. Consumers benefit from it.
However, in your mind, you are the only one that should be allowed to do
it right? Just because you live on the newsgroups and answer almost every
post in any newsgroup? That doesn't give you super powers.

But why are we tainting the promotion of a new upcoming revolutionary
product with your (gotchas). I am personally happy SpeaktoyourPC.com is
getting the word out there and starting the promotion of the upcoming
Voice Tracker. I don't know what prompted the above mentioned
conversation, but I don't think Acoustic Magic will appreciate being
dragged into these flaming threads just as you have done with one of your
customers which didn't appreciate it either.

If I recall, about 2 weeks ago, you claimed to have sold thousands of GN
MPA Satellites. I know for a fact that is not true. Is this an instance
where the pot is calling the kettle black? I could have challenged that
but I don't have the time to waste. Only you do.

Exactly my point. This has become a game and if the flaming stops,
perhaps we can get this group active again.

I won't get into what's right and wrong legally.  However, it should be
kept OFF LIST for the long term!

You see.  Now why was that necessary?  Here you are flaming another
company again.  Guess what Marty.... I have a life. I don't have time to
live on the newsgroups as you do. I post when I can have a moment to join
a conversation. Sometimes, you reply to every post on every newsgroup
pertaining to speech recognition software in a given time period.  You
must sit in front of your computer for hours every day just answering
newsgroup mail. With you selling so many thousands of Satellites and
Andrea product and claiming to test every microphone you sell, you must
be some type of Superman.

I certainly offer advice and help on a continuing basis but I don't do it
on the public forums. This is the 2nd time you have mentioned me being
moderated on user groups. Last time, you apologized about confusing me
with someone else. YOU ARE OUT OF CONTROL MARTY MARKOE of
SpeechControl.com. Chill Out!!!! Go on vacation or do something else to
balance your energy. I am not moderated on any newsgroup I am aware of.
My absence in the newsgroups is voluntary.

"You want the truth.... you can't handle the truth". I think a dvd rental
of "A few good men" is recommended as a cure for this.

Marty, your constant abuse on these newsgroups against other microphone
vendors must come to an end.  I will not post again regarding this
subject as it has already wasted too much of my time.  

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Enrique Padilla
http://www.Microphones.com
"The Microphone Specialists"