The problem with being able to understand what the characters say is not a problem with Mimic. Try recording with Creative Labs Sound Wave Lab or some other sound program that produces wav files. I switched to that but I still have problems with the .wav files that I create. I have a good set of speakers (Harman/Kardon) but human speech sounds kind of "tinny". I'm thinking about getting headphones with a plug that will work with my sound card.