On-demand interface registration with a voice control system

A method of automatically activating voice control input for an element within a user interface, the method comprising:

• identifying an interactive element that is suitable for control with a voice input system, the interactive element being part of an active user interface that is currently being output for display, wherein the interactive element is suitable for control with the voice input system because the interactive element is visible and not disabled;
• determining that a voice phrase is natively associated with the interactive element;
• adding the voice phrase to a phrase registry;
• and
• associating the voice phrase with the interactive element within an element-to-phrase mapping record.

One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computing device perform a method of automatically activating voice control a user interface, the method comprising:

• determining that an active user interface is to be associated with a voice control system;
• identifying an interactive element that is suitable for control with a voice input system, the interactive element being part of the active user interface that is currently being output for display;
• determining a voice phrase that activates the interactive element by extracting the voice phrase from a metadata field associated with the interactive element;
• adding the voice phrase to a phrase registry;
• and
• associating the voice phrase with the interactive element within an element-to-phrase mapping record.