I see.... I kinda figured it would be a problem. I guess I'll just stick to ordering a wearable Bluetooth mic for now. Anyone know a good brand or place to order a decent one with noise canceling?

Josh, I could not get your video to play. I think the mic in the picture you posted would come in handy for me later. At $6.88 how can you go wrong ...

Dave, I may experiment later with your method.

Rich, I would like to hear how you experiment goes using the PS3/phone BT headset.

I have used a logitech desktop mic with good results but only within 12-15 ft. and in a quiet room.

www.logitech.com/en-nz/support/usb-desktop-microphone?crid=409&osid=23&bit=64

I make sure that I select clear phrases rather than individual words to recognize.

Well it worked, but I haven't tried connecting to the EZ-B since or rebooted so not sure how well it worked... My concern is I had to install some third party BT software. VR is infinitely better although pandora bot still doesn't understand well enough. If it all works once I am brave enough to reboot and attempt connection to the EZ-B I'll post up details (that'll be tomorrow now, it's 12:45am here, I should be sleeping...)

Right then, now I've tested it, rebooted, tested it again and all seems to be working great so far I'll post this here.

Finally got my Turtle Beach Ear Force PBX headset paired and working with the PC. This is a cool headset as it can be paired to two devices at the same time (designed for phone and PS3, with it being set to the PS3 as default but if your phone rings it switches over automatically). It also has a jack on it for an external speaker and mic (designed for non bluetooth headsets).

Quality isn't the best in the world but it's good enough to control Jarvis while I have music or a movie playing, and I don't have anything on quiet.

Out of the box, windows has problems with Bluetooth profiles for headsets. This was the main concern since the headset would not install under Windows. No drivers were found and it just didn't work. But, by installing third party bluetooth drivers/software it does work, and the EZ-B still connects without any issues (so far).

So how to do it...

Firstly you need to download and install this zip file (Broadcom Bluetooth - 57.7Mb). Once installed, pair the headset as the headset's instructions. Set the default recording device to the headset's mic. And that's it.

I've rebooted a couple of times and connected to ARC successfully after installing the Broadcom drivers. The BT stack still reports that it is the Microsoft one which is great. The only thing I haven't done is tried updating firmware but I suspect that if ARC connects then so will the firmware tool.

I'm tempted to fit this in Melvin and run an external speaker and mic for a nice cheap method of both voice recognition and speech for the robot. And best of all, it charges from USB so I'm sure a quick mod of a USB cable to plug in to the EZ-B 5v rail will keep the headset charged when needed (untested).