I used the crappiest $5 mic I had with a large steel salad bowl to listen to normal conversations 100 feet away. It's incredible what you can pull up. A normal

I used the crappiest $5 mic I had with a large steel salad bowl to listen to normal conversations 100 feet away. It's incredible what you can pull up. A normal sized bowl mounted on a little tripod on your desk would work great. Add some head tracking with a webcam and you can go mobile. Or just have someone point it at your mouth the whole time like in the NFL: https://imgur.com/a/hyN9V https://imgur.com/a/hyN9V