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noun

a computer response that is audible rather than textual or graphical

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Words nearby audio response

audiology, audiometer, audiometry, audion, audiophile, audio response, audio response unit, audiotape, audiotypist, audiovisual, audiovisual aids

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How to use audio response in a sentence

I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What is known is that Peña Nieto bungled his response to the crisis.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the enduring response—stop the world, I want to get off—is the same.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

His monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
There was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
The knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Winifred, indeed, in response to a question, said faintly that she thought she could keep going if she had a drink of milk.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
To this there was no response, the stranger thinking with bitterness that his trip was anything but one of pleasure.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes