microphone integrated into a headset connected to the multimeter 10 for example the user may say u201c select volts u201d to cause the multimeter 10 to choose the voltmeter function 16 the voice recognition functionality integrated into multimeter 10 allows for the conversion of a recognized voice command to a machine instruction the voice synthesis and voice recognition functionality will be further described following turning to fig2 a block diagram of exemplary voice synthesis and voice recognition functionality 50 for electronic test equipment 52 is depicted electronic test equipment 52 may include a variety of equipment such as a voltmeter an ohmmeter an ammeter a multimeter a power supply a signal generator a pattern generator a pulse generator an oscilloscope a frequency counter a test probe a solenoid voltmeter a clamp meter a wheatstone bridge a capacitance meter an lcr meter an emf meter an electrometer a signal tracer a logic analyzer a spectrum analyzer a vector signal analyzer a time domain reflectometer and a signal generator electronic test equipment 52 may as the skilled artisan will appreciate encompass additional electronics devices such as medical devices for example electronic test equipment 52 may include sensor devices placed in communication with mechanical or electrical hardware and or systems such as a vehicle a metrologic device 56 is integrated into the equipment 52 the metrologic device performs the functionality of sending test signals.