It goes from 1/8 inch audio to usb. There may be others that just use
the audio jack, but the usb one is the only one I could find.

On 10/28/11, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote:
> Wow, they've been doing this for a few years now. I wonder what the
> converter thingy is?
>
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>> Hi all,
>> I just made a discovery that I really wish someone had shared with me
>> earlier.  Apparently, Macs use a different microphone input than most
>> other PC sound cards.  This means that the standard, non line-quality
>> microphone you may have, as I do, will not work with a Mac's microphone
>> jack.  You either need a converter, a microphone that is certified to work
>>
>> with Macs, or a USB microphone.  This also explains why Windows sees only
>> a line-in jack for audio input in addition to digital audio.
>>
>> Have a great day,
>> Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote
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