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# Modes

When using dictation, Dragon Dictate is always in one of five modes. Transcription is separate from dictation.

- Dictation mode

- Spelling mode

- Command mode

- Numbers mode

- Sleep mode

To switch between modes:

- While in any of the first four modes, say one of the following:

  - Dictation Mode

  - Spelling Mode

  - Command Mode

  - Numbers Mode

  - Sleep Mode, or Go to Sleep

- While in Sleep mode, do any of the actions that resume work.

- 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 (right-click on the Dictate icon).

- Press the keyboard shortcut for cycling between modes. It cycles between the first four modes only.

To learn what mode you are in:

- Look at the Status window mode button. The current mode is represented by the mode button’s icon. Plus, you can click the mode button to pop up the mode menu, listing the four modes; the current mode is checked.

- Look at the optional status menu item. It appears with a crescent moon () if Dragon Dictate is in Sleep mode.

- In Sleep mode, the Status window microphone icon has a blue “sleep balloon” with a crescent moon.

- Look in the Speech menu.

  - If you are in one of the first four modes, the current mode is checked, and all modes are enabled.

  - If you are in Sleep mode, the Sleep menu item is replaced by Wake Up, and the other modes are disabled.

- Look in the Dock menu. It contains menu items that work just like the Speech menu.

It is also possible to turn the microphone off entirely.