Here’s an interesting gadget for reporters, a sound amplifier that reduces background noise.

The size of a deck of cards, it also comes with headphones or a single earbud. Turn it on when you’re at a location where you are having difficulty with air conditioning hiss, construction noise, or the like.

It’s called the PockeTalker Ultra and can be found on Amazon for $139.

One reporter suggests, to improve it even more, replacing the original mic with a $17 Olympus ME-52W noise-canceling microphone. She stated that this mic’s noise-canceling feature nearly eliminates the air-condition hiss.

Check it out!