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Putting the microphone to sleep is useful when you need to put Dragon “on hold" for a moment. However, leaving

it in that state for a long time is not recommended, so do turn the microphone off if you will not be dictating for a

while (and are physically able to turn on the microphone manually.)

Note: You can set Dragon to have the microphone asleep when your profile opens, waiting for your command to

“wake up”, so that no manual action is needed to turn the microphone on. To set this option by voice, say “open

Dragon options” then “click Miscellaneous” then “click Have the microphone on but asleep."

The Importance of Hot Keys, including Microphone On/Off

Pressing a key or two is usually quicker than moving and clicking the mouse (and physically easier, too)—

software programs, including operating systems, typically contain keyboard shortcuts, or ‘hot keys’. Dragon

provides hot keys for various useful tasks, including controlling the state of its listening.

If your computer has a full-sized keyboard, press the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad (on the far right of the

keyboard). Pressing this hot key turns Dragon’s microphone on, and then pressing it again turns it off.

If your computer does not have a numeric keypad, or you wish to keep the plus key for other use, designate a

new key to serve as the microphone on/off hot key. This is done through Dragon’s Options dialog box:

Step 1: On the DragonBar, click Tools, then Options (you can also say open options dialog). Click the tab

labeled Hot Keys (you can also say click Hot Keys).

Step 2: Click the button Microphone On/Off. A window

entitled Set Hot Key appears.

Step 3: Press the desired key (or key combination), then

press Enter. F10 is typically a good choice.

(If the hot key you pressed is already assigned in

another application, Dragon will let you know.)

Step 4: Back in the Options dialog box, click Apply, then OK.

Note: Dragon also offers a hot key to toggle the microphone between sleep and listening.

IMPORTANT: When using the Remote Microphone app as your source, you cannot use Dragon’s

microphone button on the DragonBar or the tray icon, or the microphone hotkey. You must tap the app’s

microphone icon, or use the sleep commands. Also, you may want to disable your device’s auto-lock feature (or

set it to a longer time).