Dragon's microphone

You use Dragon's microphone to dictate and to give Dragon commands.

Dragon's microphone has four states:

When the microphone is... It looks like this...

On

Dragon's microphone has to be on for you to dictate. To turn the microphone on, do one of the following:

  • Click the microphone.
  • Press the plus sign key (+) on the numeric keypad.
mic on

Off

To turn the microphone off, do one of the following:

  • Click the microphone.
  • Say "Microphone Off".
  • Press the plus sign key (+) on the numeric keypad.
mic off

Asleep

To put Dragon to sleep, do one of the following:

  • Say "Go to Sleep" or "Stop Listening".
  • Press the forward slash key (/) on the numeric keypad.

If Dragon is asleep, do one of the following to wake it up:

  • Click the microphone.
  • Say "Listen to Me" or "Wake Up".
  • Press the forward slash key (/) on the numeric keypad.
mic asleep

Off—No user profile loaded

If you see Dragon in this state, you need to load your user profile.

Select Profile>Open User Profile.

mic when no profile is loaded

Related procedures

Additional information

Working with the DragonBarUsing display modes
 Using the Extras Toolbar
 Using recognition modes