Your comment about the Dragon software is a good point. Dragon is really sensitive to background noise, so you have to use a headset with really strong noise canceling technology. In your case, the Plantronics CS55 is the better option. Also you might want to try out the latest version of Dragon, it has some cool features! http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ And this site has a great deal on Plantronics headsets like the CS55: http://www.headsetdiscounters.com/