What are other uses of microphones beyond music?

[Kross]

Microphones are tools that amplify sounds. And it has really evolved since it's invention. We now have boom mics and other kinds of microphones.

But the use of microphones is beyond music now. It extends to medical sectors where it could be used in ultrasound.

What other industries and sectors are microphone useful beyond their traditional uses in music?

 

[King Belieal]

Voice recognition software makes use of microphones extensively. Voice to text recognition software use high quality microphones to decode voice signals to change to text.