Microphone sheath having pointing device and control buttons

A computer dictation device, comprising:

• an outer cover for holding the device comfortably in one hand while dictating;
• the outer cover defining an elongated, cylindrical object having an opening at one end and further defining a receiving space for a hand-held microphone;
• the receiving space having an electrical connector at an end opposite the opening, the connector compatibly mating with a connector at one end of the hand-held microphone for making electrical connection with the microphone and microphone switch signals;
• the outer cover forming a handle for the computer dictation device having a diameter just large enough to accommodate the microphone within the elongated receiving space;
• a portion of the outer cover located near the opening having a larger diameter and enclosing an isometric computer pointing device and at least one pointing device control button;
• an electrical cable attached to the dictation device at the end nearest the electrical connector and having a pair of electrical connectors attached to an opposite end of the cable for connection to a computer;
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• wires within the cable being electrically attached to the electrical connector for connecting the microphone to the computer, and other wires in the cable being electrically attached to the isometric pointing device and the at least one control button for electrically connecting those elements to the computer.

A computer dictation and pointing device, comprising:

• an electrical cable having two ends and being split at one end into two cables, each of the split cables having an electrical connector attached, one connector being compatible with a PS/2 computer input receptacle, and the other connector being compatible with a computer microphone receptacle;
• the other end of the PS/2 portion of the electrical cable being attached to an isometric pointing device;
• the other end of the microphone portion of the electrical cable being attached to a third electrical connector;
• at least one control button being attached to the isometric pointing device;
• a housing enclosing the third electrical connector, the pointing device and the at least one control button;
• the housing defining an elongated cylinder having an opening at one end through which the electrical cable passes;
• the housing also defining a hollow interior which is open at the end of the cylinder opposite the cable opening end;
• the third electrical connector being mounted inside the hollow interior at the end adjacent the cable opening;
• the opening to the hollow interior, the hollow interior and the mounted third electrical connector defining a receiving space for a hand-held microphone and microphone switch,
• whereby, a compatible hand-held microphone is inserted into the receiving space through the open end and the microphone connector is mated with the third electrical connector, the cable connecting the microphone and a microphone mounted switch to the computer microphone receptacle, and connecting the pointing device and the at least one control button to the PS/2 receptacle, permitting a user to hold a dictation microphone, a pointing device and at least one control button in one hand for use with an appropriate computer dictation system.