What Is Hidden Mode?
For users of Dragon Medical, Hidden Mode provides two functions you wouldn’t normally have access to:
- If your Electronic Medical Record (EMR) requires the use of the Dictation Box, Hidden Mode allows you to work almost as seamlessly as you would were you dictating directly into the patient chart.
- This mode also enables you to review other websites or applications, dictating notes without having to click the Dictation Box, and without it getting in the way of your research.
What Does It Mean to Anchor the Dictation Box?
If you go into the settings menu of the Dragon Bar, you’ll see a curious feature on the Dictation Box tab. Click Tools > Options > Dictation Box and find the checkbox at the top that says, “Anchor Dictation Box to application.” This is not Hidden Mode. Rather, anchoring the Dictation Box tethers it to the active application at the time it is opened. For instance, open Notepad and the Dictation Box (anchored), and then start up a web browser. As usual, Dragon will change your speech into text and place it in the Dictation Box. When you use the “Transfer Text” command, your dictation will then be pasted into Notepad, regardless of where you click your mouse or which application is active. Then, the Dictation Box closes. How Do I Use Hidden Mode? Hidden Mode is slightly different. Go back to the Dictation Box tab in the Options menu. Jump down to the section labeled “Hidden Dictation Box behavior.” Here are the recommended boxes to check:- (Required) Open Dictation Box as hidden
- Allow user commands when hidden
- Allow voice dictation commands when hidden
- Leave Dictation Box open after text is transferred
- The Dictation Box will start up in a translucent state.
- Any dictation that you make will end up in the Dictation Box, no matter where your mouse is pointed.
- In order to move a dictation to a specific field or application, click wherever you need the text to go and say, “Transfer text.”
- After you transfer your Dragon-recognized text, the Dictation Box remains open.
- Continue with your patient note. There’s no need to click back to the Dictation Box—Dragon will put your text there automatically.