Shortcuts

Change global shortcuts in Settings → General → Recording. Reset to Default next to each one restores the default below.

Global shortcuts

Default	Setting name	Action	Default state
⌃⇧R	Global Shortcut	Dictation. With Push to Talk, records while held; with Toggle, press to start and again to stop.	On
⌃⇧D	Dictation Shortcut	Press-to-start, press-to-stop dictation regardless of the recording mode. Also works during a meeting recording.	On
⌃⇧⌫	Cancel Shortcut	Discards the dictation in progress. Does nothing when only a meeting session is running.	On
⌃⇧T	Text Input Shortcut	Opens the input window for correcting without speaking.	On
⌃⇧C	Selection Action Shortcut	Opens the action grid for the selected text.	On
⌃⇧V	Snippet Shortcut	Opens the snippet palette.	On
⌃⇧S	Screen Region Shortcut	Captures a screen region and records. Press again to submit.	Works after turning it on in External Tools
⌃⇧E	Screen Translate Shortcut	Captures a screen region, reads its text, and translates it.	Works after turning it on in External Tools
⌘C twice	Not configurable	Translates the selected text.	Works after turning it on in External Tools

Registered global shortcuts reach Sogon before other apps. If one collides with another app's shortcut, that combination stops working in the other app, so pick a different one. ⌘C twice is the exception: it only observes copying and never blocks it.

Keys inside windows

Window	Key	Action
Text input	⌘Return	Submit
	esc	Close
Snippet palette	⏎	Insert at the cursor
	⌘1–⌘9	Insert by number from the visible list
	⌘⏎	Put on the clipboard
Action grid	1–4, q–r, a–f	Choose a cell
	esc	Close. In the Aa sub-grid, go back to the main grid.
Translation and rewrite result	⏎	Replace
	c	Copy
	esc	Discard
Large type	+ / − / 0	Bigger / smaller / reset
Screen region	⌘Return or ⌃⇧S	Submit
Quick controls	⌘Q	Quit Sogon

esc never cancels dictation. Capturing esc globally would stop other apps from receiving it.