voice control

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As voice control is defined as the transmission of commands to technical equipment which is made by voice.

In principle, the principle of voice control can be used with a very large number of device types. The prerequisite is that there is a speech recognition module that can record and interpret spoken utterances.

Previous areas of application

There is software with which the operating system of a PC can also be controlled by voice commands as an alternative to control via conventional input devices such as a mouse or keyboard .

A currently increasing area of ​​application can be found on smartphones in the form of intelligent personal assistants .

Voice control is also used in navigation systems in cars . The driver no longer has to enter his destination route by hand using buttons, touchscreen or scroll wheel , but can transmit the commands as well as the street and place names to the device by voice input.

User numbers in Germany

According to a representative survey at the beginning of 2016, 52 percent of Germans who use a smartphone used voice control on their device. The most common areas of application are calling contacts (76 percent), dictating text messages (54 percent) and searching for Internet research (31 percent).

Software selection

  • Microsoft Windows , integrated in the operating system since Vista
  • macOS , integrated in the operating system
  • OS / 2 Warp 4 VoiceType, integrated in the operating system
  • Microsoft Voice Command for PDAs
  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  • IBM ViaVoice
  • Linguatec Voice Pro, formerly IBM ViaVoice based, now on Microsoft based
  • Insors GmbH Easy by Voice , special software for environmental control (rehabilitation technology)
  • Apple to iPhone 4, integrated in the operating system
  • Apple from iPhone 4s, Siri , integrated in the operating system, based on Nuance
  • Xbox 360 integrated in the operating system
  • Alexa Voice Service for Amazon Echo and Echo Dot
  • PlayStation 4 , integrated in the operating system

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Voice control is gaining ground in smartphones . Bitkom press release of February 4, 2016, accessed on February 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Write SMS": Every second person speaks on a cell phone . Computerwelt .at from February 4, 2016, accessed on February 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ The smartphone obeys every word . In: bitkom.org . April 12, 2017.