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Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 28
Turning the microphone on and
off
Any of these three methods will switch the microphone between on and
off:
■ Press the numeric (+) key on your keyboard. This key is at the far
right of most keyboards. (It’s not the plus [+] key that appears above
the equal [=] sign on your regular keyboard).
■ Click the microphone button on the DragonBar.
■ Click the small microphone icon in the bottom right corner of the
screen, next to the clock:
Saying “Microphone Off” will also turn the microphone off. You cannot,
however, turn the microphone on by voice.
Whenever you’re not using Dragon NaturallySpeaking ® , turn off the
microphone. This prevents the computer from mistaking background
noise for words and filling your screen with useless text.
If you have a laptop computer, you may have to press several keys at
once to generate a numeric (+) keystroke. You may want to define
another key to turn off your microphone. See “Customizing Dragon
NaturallySpeaking” on page 197.
Sleeping and waking up
Saying “Go To Sleep” or “Stop Listening” without pausing will put Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
® into sleep mode. The program still listens to your
speech, but the only phrases it will respond to in this mode are “Wake
Up” or “Listen to Me,” which turn the microphone on.
When in sleep mode:
■ The volume meter on the DragonBar (next to the microphone
button) will show a dark gray volume bar (instead of yellow or
green).