Options dialog box—Hot keys tab

DragonBar>Tools>Options>Hot keys tab

Use the Hot keys tab to change or remove hot key assignments. Changing these options affects only the current user profile.

Hot key	Description
Microphone on/off	Turns Dragon's microphone on and off. Default value: Plus key (+) on the numeric keypad
Correction	Opens the Correction menu. Default value: Minus key (-) on the numeric keypad Note: You cannot open the Correction menu using a hot key when you are working in Web applications.
Force command recognition	Forces Dragon to recognize words as commands rather than dictation. Default value: CTRL key
Force dictation recognition	Forces Dragon to recognize words as dictation rather than commands. Default value: SHIFT key
DragonBar menu	Opens the DragonBar Profile menu. Default value: Asterisk key () on the numeric keypad Note:* To use with the New DragonBar, the DragonBar must not be collapsed.
Microphone sleep/on	Puts Dragon's microphone to sleep and wakes it up. Default value: Forward slash key (/) on the numeric keypad.
Press-to-talk	Allows you to talk to Dragon while you hold down the key. Dragon stops listening when you release the key. Default value: none
DictationBox	Opens the Dictation Box. Default value: CTRL + SHIFT + D
Playback	Plays back dictation. Default value: SHIFT key and the minus sign (-) on the numeric keypad
Fast Playback	Increases the playback speed. Default value: SHIFT key and the plus sign (+) on the numeric keypad
Next Field	Selects the next variable field (Voice field) in an auto-text. Default value: CTRL + SHIFT + N

Editing hot keys

To edit the default hot key combination:

To remove custom values from the hot keys and restore Dragon's initial hot key settings, click Restore defaults.