1. A welding helmet comprising: a helmet shell; an electronically controllable lens supported by the shell; a microphone supported by the helmet shell and configured to receive an audible input and to generate a signal in response to the audible input received; a non-audible manual input device configured to receive a manual input and to generate a second signal in response to the manual input received, wherein the manual input and the audible input are configured to cooperatively define a function of the manual input; and an electronic control module coupled to the lens, to the microphone, and to the non-audible manual input device and configured to control the electronically controllable lens based upon the signal and the second signal.