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:

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

To learn whether the microphone is on or off: