voice-activated
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In many ways, the high-tech future I envisioned as a child has come to pass — we have computers in our pockets, driverless cars, thumbprint and face ID, and voice-activated remote controls for everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
It follows a similar case in January where Apple agreed to pay $95m to settle a case alleging some of its devices were listening to people through its voice-activated assistant Siri without their permission.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
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.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
Some Dearborn students, who had already built and programmed robots in school, said they appreciated learning how to code a different technology: voice-activated helpbots.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
It was a palm-sized model, voice-activated, that I used in the beginning for making notes to myself about work.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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