TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

The present disclosure relates to a terminal control method and device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving a first touch instruction applied to a first preset area of a display screen of the terminal; and when an operation mode of the terminal is a preset mode and the preset mode is a display state, activating a voice assistant of the terminal in response to reception of the first touch instruction. When the terminal is in a preset mode and the preset mode is a display state, for activating the voice assistant in the terminal, the user only has to apply a first touch instruction to a first preset area of a display screen of the terminal. No additional complicated operations are required, and the operation of activating the voice assistant is greatly simplified for the user so that the user can activate the voice assistant quickly and conveniently when it is inconvenient for the user to operate the terminal while he/she has to use the voice assistant, thus preventing occurrence of accidents caused by distract of the user when controlling activation of the voice assistant in the terminal. Moreover, there are no very high requirements on the hardware of the terminal, and the present disclosure is applicable for most terminals.