voice commands

Verbal device control

Voice commands are spoken instructions that control devices or software.

You might tell your phone to call Mom or ask a smart speaker to play jazz.

The technology relies on speech recognition to interpret natural language: Voice commands let me set timers while my hands are full.

Also called voice control.

Opposites
input modality

voice commandstyping

Entering text via keyboard

keyboard input · manual input · tapping · touch input · point-and-click

hands-free vs. hands-required

voice commandstouch interface

Finger-operated control surface

hand gestures

communication direction

voice commandsvoice output

Spoken sound from device

text-to-speech · voice prompts

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G