1.5

29Modes and the MicrophoneMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
• 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.
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.
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ver-
sionof theStatuswindowmicrophoneicon,anddisplaysthemicrophone’s
status.
• LookattheDockiconforMacSpeechDictate.Itappears(optionally)witha
microphoneicondisplayingthemicrophone’sstatus.
• LookintheSpeechmenu.If themicrophoneison,therstmenuitemwill
readMicrophoneOff;if themicrophoneisoff,therstmenuitemwillread
MicrophoneOn.
• LookintheDockmenu.ItcontainsmenuitemsthatworkjustliketheSpeech
menu.