{"id":638,"date":"2025-11-17T16:16:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articulateinstruments.com\/new\/?page_id=638"},"modified":"2025-11-22T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T14:26:47","slug":"laptop-pc-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/articulateinstruments.com\/new\/laptop-pc-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Laptop\/PC requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"638\" class=\"elementor elementor-638\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d4bfa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1d4bfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fb41ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fb41ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Laptop requirements<\/h4><p><strong>The SonoSpeech biofeedback system<\/strong> requires a PC running Windows (7\/10\/11) with one USBA port. Apple macs running Windows are not suitable. Current laptops and tablets with this specification models will be fine for running SonoSpeech<\/p><p>A large hard disk is an advantage as ultrasound data will fill a small disk quite quickly. Select a hard disk\u00a0 with 512GB minimum and 1TB preferred.\u00a0<\/p><p>32GB memory is sufficient<\/p><p>Touchscreen is not essential.<\/p><p><strong>Optional<\/strong> Live tongue contour tracking runs significantly faster with an NVIDIA graphic processor unit. SonoSpeech currently does not support the latest RTX 5 series so look for laptops with RTX 3050\/60\/70\/80 or RTX 4050\/60\/70\/80 if live contour tracking is a feature that you would like to use.<\/p><p>It is essential that SonoSpeech projects are backed up. We recommend an external hard disk rather than cloud storage as it is faster to store and recover. See separate guidance on backing up. A 1 or 2TB external hard disk is suitable.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laptopsdirect.co.uk\/lenovo-loq-amd-ryzen-5-24gb-ram-1tb-ssd-rtx-3050-144hz-15.6-inch-windows-11-83jc00cfuk\/version.asp\">Example laptop<\/a> with one USBA port \u00a3800 (found 22\u00a0November 2025)<\/p><ul><li><span class=\"bold text-delivery\">AMD Ryzen 5:<\/span> Mid-range CPU for productivity<\/li><li><span class=\"bold text-delivery\">NVIDIA RTX 3050:<\/span> Good for fast tongue contour estimation<\/li><li><span class=\"bold text-delivery\">15.6 Inch LED 144Hz Screen<\/span>\u00a0<\/li><li><span class=\"bold text-delivery\">24GB DDR5 RAM<\/span>\u00a0<\/li><li><span class=\"bold text-delivery\">1TB SSD:<\/span> Significant storage for ultrasound data<\/li><li>Advanced thermal design to prevent overheating.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>The Speech Research Ultrasound system<\/strong> requires 4 USBA ports or 5 if the lip camera option is purchased. These are for the AAA Dongle, PStretch (power only), MicrUS and Focusrite Soundcard plus Video capture card for lip camera.)\u00a0 It is no longer possible to find a laptop with this number of USBA ports. Look for a laptop with a Thunderbolt port or USB-C PD (Power Delivery).\u00a0 Thunderbolt 4 and 5 provide enough power and bandwidth. Unpowered hubs are limited to a maximum of 4 USBA 5GB transfer type ports. This unpowered hub is recommended. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindy.co.uk\/usb-c4\/4-port-usb-3-2-type-c-hub-p14118\">https:\/\/www.lindy.co.uk\/usb-c4\/4-port-usb-3-2-type-c-hub-p14118<\/a>\u00a0 Powered hubs may provide more USBA sockets.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8b1b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c8b1b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bc06bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8bc06bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/articulateinstruments.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/USB-types-768x800.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-654\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/articulateinstruments.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/USB-types-768x800.png 768w, http:\/\/articulateinstruments.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/USB-types-288x300.png 288w, http:\/\/articulateinstruments.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/USB-types-983x1024.png 983w, http:\/\/articulateinstruments.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/USB-types.png 1204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cfc4b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cfc4b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A large hard disk is an advantage as ultrasound and video data will fill a small disk quickly. Select a hard disk\u00a0 with 512GB minimum and 1TB preferred.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Optional<\/strong> Live tongue contour tracking runs significantly faster with an NVIDIA graphic processor unit. SonoSpeech currently does not support the latest RTX 5 series so look for laptops with RTX 3050\/60\/70\/80 or RTX 4050\/60\/70\/80 if live contour tracking is a feature that you would like to use.<\/p><p>It is essential that SonoSpeech projects are backed up. We recommend an external hard disk rather than cloud storage as it is faster to store and recover. See separate guidance on backing up. A 1 or 2TB external hard disk is suitable.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/ASUS-FX507ZI4-i7-12700H-GeForce-Windows\/dp\/B0D33GWLW8?th=1\">An example of a suitable research system laptop<\/a> (found 22\u00a0November 2025) \u00a31,120.<\/p><ul><li>Intel Core i7-12700H 14 Core processor<\/li><li>Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU<\/li><li>16GB RAM paired with 1TB PCIe SSD<\/li><li>1 USBC Thunderbolt 4 port<\/li><li>1 USBA 3.2 port<\/li><li>1 USB-C 3.2\/ displayport\/ Power delivery combo port<\/li><li>Separate power input port<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9532346 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9532346\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laptop requirements The SonoSpeech biofeedback system requires a PC running Windows (7\/10\/11) with one USBA port. 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