Microscope control method and microscope

A microscope control method for operating a microscope, the method comprising:

• capturing an item of acoustic, graphically represented and/or electronically coded voice information (SI) by means of a detector, an optical capture unit and/or an interface;
• comparing the voice information (SI) with stored reference commands (RB) and determining a voice command (SB) on the basis of a predetermined degree of correspondence between at least one section of the voice information (SI) and a reference command (RB);
• selecting that reference command (RB) to which the voice command (SB) corresponds at least to a predetermined degree;
• generating at least one control command (StB) suitable for operating the microscope, wherein the control command (StB) is either an invariable control command (StB) assigned to the selected reference command (RB) or the control command (StB) is generated on the basis of a rule assigned to the reference command (RB) for forming a generated control command (StB) and wherein the control command (StB) includes a plurality of parts or subcommands to control a plurality of different units of the microscope and the control command (StB) is assigned or generated based on a current operation state of the microscope or of the respective units to be activated;
• and
• controlling the microscope by means of the assigned or generated control command (StB) including the plurality of parts or subcommands to control the different units of the microscope.