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# Microphone Off

Besides Sleep mode, another way to pause your work is to turn the microphone off entirely.

> 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 microphone 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”.

- Click the optional status menu item in the menu bar so that it appears with a red “stop sign” ().

- Press the keyboard shortcut for toggling the microphone.

- Tap the icon on the screen in the Dragon Remote Microphone app on your iOS or Android device.

To turn the microphone on, when the microphone is off:

- Choose Speech > Microphone On.

- Choose Microphone On 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 in the menu bar so that it appears with a green “go button” ().

- Press the keyboard shortcut for toggling the microphone.

- Tap the icon on the screen in the Dragon Remote Microphone app on your iOS or Android device.

To learn whether the microphone is on or off:

- Look at the Status window. The microphone icon displays the microphone’s status.

- Look at the optional status menu item in the menu bar. It is a miniature version of the Status window microphone icon, and displays the microphone’s status.

- Look at the Dock icon for Dragon Dictate. It appears, optionally, with a microphone icon displaying the microphone’s status.

- Look in the Speech menu. If the microphone is on, the first menu item will read Microphone Off; if the microphone is off, the first menu item will read Microphone On.

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