voice-activated

[vois-ak-tuh-vey-tid]

adjective

1. (of a telephone answering machine or other device) operationally responsive to a human voice.

Example Sentences

Many people in Scotland will remember a sketch from the BBC comedy show Burnistoun, when two Scottish men get trapped after the voice-activated lift can't understand their accents.

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And for the rest of her life she was dependent on a wheelchair operated by a tongue-touch keypad, a respirator that delivered 13 breaths a minute and ultimately a voice-activated computer to write.

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There will be an exception for video on a hands-free or voice-activated device or an application requiring the push of no more than a single button to activate or terminate it.

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“The elderly need help and these pets can be better than regular pets because they can be voice-activated and call 911 if there is an emergency. Those are life-saving abilities that can literally help people,” he said.

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For instance, the proposal said voice-activated commands for apps would be available in Indian languages in BYD electric cars built in India and that all data from the vehicles would be housed in India, one of the people said.

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