spoken-command computing

noun
UK /ˈspəʊkən kəˈmɑːnd kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/
US /ˈspoʊkən kəˈmænd kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/

Using your voice to tell a computer what to do.

With spoken-command computing, you can say "play music" and the speaker starts playing your favorite song.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A way of operating devices by speaking instructions instead of typing or clicking.

Spoken-command computing lets drivers change the radio station without taking their hands off the wheel.

3. Technology that turns human speech into actions performed by a machine.

The smart home uses spoken-command computing to turn lights on when you say so.

4. The field of designing systems that understand and act on spoken instructions.

She studies spoken-command computing to make computers easier for elderly people to use.