Working with the DragonBar

To turn the microphone on:

Do one of the following:

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

You can't turn the microphone on by voice.

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.

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.

Dragon goes to sleep automatically when you have not said anything after 5 minutes by default. To change this, modify the Put microphone to sleep after n minutes of silence setting on the Options dialog box—Miscellaneous tab.

To wake up Dragon:

Do one of the following:

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

To load a user profile:

Use this procedure when the microphone state is or .

1. From the DragonBar, select Profile>Open User Profile.

   The Open User Profile dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.
3. Click Open.

To select from a menu:

1. Say "Switch to DragonBar".
2. Say "<menu name>".
3. Say "<menu option>".

Or

Select the menu and menu option with your mouse.

If you use a touchscreen computer and you've opened a DragonBar menu, touch and hold a different menu option to open it.

To enable or disable Auto-collapse:

This prevents the DragonBar from collapsing when you move your mouse away from it.

From the New DragonBar, select DragonBar>Auto-collapse.

If you use a touchscreen computer, Nuance recommends that you deselect this option.

To expand the DragonBar:

If auto-collapse is selected, hover your mouse over the DragonBar.

If auto-collapse is deselected, do one of the following:

• Say "Expand DragonBar".
• On the DragonBar, click .

To collapse the New DragonBar:

If auto-collapse is selected, move your mouse away from the DragonBar.

If auto-collapse is deselected, do one of the following:

• Say "Collapse DragonBar".
• On the DragonBar, click .

To change the recognition mode:

Say "Start <recognition mode name> Mode".

Or

Select a mode from the Recognition mode selector.

To open the Classic DragonBar:

1. Say "Switch to DragonBar".
2. Say "DragonBar".
3. Say "Classic DragonBar".

Or

From the New DragonBar, select DragonBar>Classic DragonBar.

If you are used to a previous version of Dragon or you just like the look of an interface from the 1990s, you can switch to the Classic DragonBar.

To open the New DragonBar:

1. Say "Switch to DragonBar".
2. Say "DragonBar".
3. Say "New DragonBar".

Or

From the Classic DragonBar, click the Dragon icon ( ) and then selectNew DragonBar.