The days of fighting over the TV remote may soon be over.
 

Voice Control, a device that Chinese engineers helped developed, is leading a new trend in smart TV technology by replacing the ubiquitous remote gadget.

The latest voice input system allows users to speak instead of press TV commands. Its wide range of applications in the booming Chinese entertainment market includes helping call friends on social networking platforms and posting micro blogs via the smart TV set.

Command and Control Voice Control is being touted as useful for children, the elderly and people with physical disabilities who need help using the TV set, "which is more easily achievable via smartphones and smart TV over the Internet", Liu Qingfeng, chairman of iFlytech Co Ltd, an information technology company, said at the third over-the-top TV industry forum in the Tianjin Binhai New Area.

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