DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES

In a device control apparatus comprising a detector for detecting sound and a controller for controlling the device, the controller recognizes the user's voice using the sound data detected by the detector, identifies the type of the operation target device to be operated among the plurality of devices and the operation content of the operation target device based on the recognized voice, and controls timing of activating the operation target device in the operation content according to the type of identified operation target device.