Answer to Question 1
Voice-activated technology is the ability of a device to be turned on or off by using a voice command. It can be used by paraplegics who activate a device by using a voice commandfor example, turning lights on and off.
Answer to Question 2
Voice-recognition technology is the ability of the computer to recognize certain voice commands and to perform specific functions based upon those commands. It is used to perform simple commands by voice that would otherwise require the keying in of a series of commands on the computer. For example, the command print tells the computer to print a document after it has been keyed into the computer.