1. Hand-held lighting device comprising: a light source and a switching device for switching the light source on and off, wherein the switching device comprises a speech processor for at least one of analysis and synthesis of spoken speech wherein the speech processor is configured to generate an output spoken text under certain conditions which are related to a state of the light source.
2. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the speech processor is configured for detecting a pre-defined code word and switching the light source on in response to recognition of the code word.