Switch language input in dictation

hi, i really love the new languages in dictation & speech. I speak two languages and i need different language input for my study and work. Therefore, i need to switch between them regularly. I was wondering if there are any shortcuts or settings which could enable me to quickly switch dictation languages without going into system preference every single time.

See example #95 on my blog for some ideas.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0118231/stories/2004/09/23/notYetDocumentedAdfSampleApplications.html#95

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