1.5

31Modes and the MicrophoneMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
• LookintheDockmenu.ItcontainsmenuitemsthatworkjustliketheSpeech
menu.
WheninSleepmode,youcanresume workbydoinganyof thefollowing:
• Say WakeUp or Turn[the]MicrophoneOn .
• ChooseSpeech>MicrophoneOnorSpeech>WakeUp.
• ChooseMicrophoneOnorWakeUpfromtheDockmenu.
• ClickthemicrophoneiconintheStatuswindowsothatitappearswitha
green“gobutton”.
• Clicktheoptionalstatusmenuitemsoitappearswithagreen“gobutton”.
• Pressthekeyboardshortcutfortogglingthemicrophone.
Learning and Switching Modes
Thethreenon-sleepmodes—Dictationmode,Spellingmode,andCommand
mode—formagroup.Youcanswitchfromonetoanother,andlearnwhich
modeMacSpeechDictateisin,inaconsistentmanner.
Toswitch between modes:
• Sayoneof thefollowing:
◦
DictationMode
◦
SpellingMode
◦
CommandMode
• ChoosefromtheStatuswindowmodemenu.Themodemenuappearswhen
youclickthemodebuttonintheStatuswindow.
• ChoosefromtheSpeechmenu.
• ChoosefromtheDockmenu.
• Pressthekeyboardshortcutforcyclingbetweenmodes.