Image forming apparatus, instruction acceptance method, and computer readable program

An image forming apparatus to be used together with equipment that measures a living body of a user holding the equipment with both hands, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• an acceptor that does not accept, by voice, an instruction for processing to be performed by the image forming apparatus before the user holds the equipment but accepts, by the voice, the instruction while the equipment is measuring the living body.

An instruction acceptance method comprising:

• disabling, before a user holds equipment to be used by the user with both hands, an image forming apparatus from accepting, by voice, an instruction for processing to be performed by the image forming apparatus;
• and
• enabling the image forming apparatus to accept, by the voice, the instruction while the equipment is being used with both of the hands.

A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program for controlling an image forming apparatus to be used together with equipment to be used by a user with both of hands, the computer readable program causing the image forming apparatus to perform:

• disabling an instruction for processing to be performed by the image forming apparatus, from being accepted by voice before the user holds the equipment;
• and
• enabling the instruction to be accepted by the voice while the equipment is being used with both of the hands.