14. The splicing device of claim 1 , wherein the speech recognition unit has a memory unit in which a multiplicity of spoken commands which can be determined are stored.
1. A splicing device for optical fibers, comprising: a programmable splicing apparatus which can be controlled by means of at least one program parameter, for connecting optical fibers; and a speech recognition unit which is designed to detect spoken text, to determine a spoken command from the detected spoken text and to adjust the at least one program parameter of the splicing apparatus and/or to control processes of the splicing apparatus as a function of the determined spoken command.