Time to Update Your Philips SpeechMike Firmware
UPDATE 09/2017
The latest version of firmware for these microphones is now v2.56, which you can download here.
We’ve got some great news for our Philips® SpeechMike III and SpeechMike Premium users. Philips has released new firmware – and it looks like they’ve addressed some pretty significant issues in this update. Scroll to the bottom for the download link.
Firmware Version 2.18 is the most up-to-date release, and includes fixes for:
· Unresponsive trackball or buttons
· Connection problems
· “Delays when starting speech recognition with Dragon Dictate” introduced by v2.15
· Linux operation
It also includes a new feature. They’ve added a limiter that kicks in “to reduce signal overdrive” when dictating – unless, of course, you like that sort of thing.
Philips lists a v2.15 firmware release as well, where they previously addressed the unresponsiveness issue. Caveat emptor: In 2.18, they rolled back some problematic audio changes made in 2.15. If you use Dragon® Dictate, be sure to upgrade all of your Philips SpeechMike III and Premium microphones to version 2.18.
Here are the model numbers this v2.18 firmware update covers:
LFH3200
LFH3210
LFH3220
LFH3300
LFH3310
LFH3500
LFH3510
LFH3520
LFH3600
LFH3610
Philips SpeechMike III and SpeechMike Premium v2.18 firmware upgrade.