Sleep Mode

Sleep mode is a special state in which Dragon Dictate responds only to a very limited set of commands. They are:

Anything else you say will be ignored. This allows you to pause your work and have Dragon Dictate ignore microphone input until you are ready to resume work.

To learn whether you are in Sleep mode:

When in Sleep mode, you can resume work by doing any of the following:

It is also possible to turn the microphone off entirely, or you can choose an Auto Sleep setting in the Recognition pane in the Preferences window, enabling you to tell Dragon Dictate to go to sleep after a certain amount of time has passed.