1.5

28Modes and the MicrophoneMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
commandsinDictationmodeandSpellingmodeaswell,butCommand
modecanbeanadvantagebecauseMacSpeechDictatedoesn’thavetode-
cidewhetherwhatyou’resayingissomethingtobetypedoracommandtobe
obeyed.YoumightswitchtoCommandmodewhenyouareabouttoissuea
commandoraseriesof commandsandyouwanttomakecertainthatnoth-
ingyousayisinterpretedasdictationandtypedaccidentallyintoyourdocu-
ment.
sLeeP mode.If MacSpeechDictatecaninterpretyourwordsasoneof the
commands WakeUp or Turn[the]MicrophoneOn ,itreturnstooneof 
thethreeprecedingmodes.Otherwise,nothinghappens.
Microphone O and On
Topause your work completely,turnthemicrophoneoff entirely.Theimpli-
cationsof turningoff themicrophonearebestunderstoodbycontrastwiththose
of Sleepmode.
Theadvantageof turningthemicrophoneoff,asopposedtoSleepmode,isthatno
voiceinputcanbeinterpreted,evenaccidentally,asacommandtoturnthemicro-
phoneon.Allvoiceinputisignored.
Thedisadvantageof turningthemicrophoneoff isthatyoucan’tturnitonagain
usingyourvoice;youmustuseyourhands.Sleepmode,ontheotherhand,letsyou
speaktoresumework.
Toturn the microphone off:
• Say MicrophoneOff .
• ChooseSpeech>MicrophoneOff.
• ChooseMicrophoneOff fromtheDockmenu.
• ClickthemicrophoneiconintheStatuswindowsothatitappearswithared
“stopsign”.