A terminal control method, comprising: receiving a first touch instruction applied to anywhere in the entire area of a display screen of the terminal, the display being a touchscreen; and when an operation mode of the terminal is a preset mode and the preset mode is in an enabled state, activating a voice control in response to reception of the first touch instruction, wherein the voice is received with a microphone of the terminal; wherein when the operation mode of the terminal is the preset mode, the method further comprises: receiving a state switching instruction, the state switching instruction being used to instruct switch of the preset mode from a current state to a target state, wherein the current state is one of an enabled state and a disabled state, and the target state is the other of the enabled state and the disabled state; and switching the preset mode to the target state according to the received state switching instruction, wherein when the preset mode is in the disabled state, the method further comprises: controlling the voice control to be in an inactive state; and upon reception of a second touch instruction applied to a second preset area of the display screen, executing an operation corresponding to the second touch instruction. receiving a first touch instruction applied to anywhere in the entire area of a display screen of the terminal, the display being a touchscreen; and when an operation mode of the terminal is a preset mode and the preset mode is in an enabled state, activating a voice control in response to reception of the first touch instruction, wherein the voice is received with a microphone of the terminal; wherein when the operation mode of the terminal is the preset mode, the method further comprises: receiving a state switching instruction, the state switching instruction being used to instruct switch of the preset mode from a current state to a target state, wherein the current state is one of an enabled state and a disabled state, and the target state is the other of the enabled state and the disabled state; and switching the preset mode to the target state according to the received state switching instruction, wherein when the preset mode is in the disabled state, the method further comprises: controlling the voice control to be in an inactive state; and upon reception of a second touch instruction applied to a second preset area of the display screen, executing an operation corresponding to the second touch instruction. receiving a state switching instruction, the state switching instruction being used to instruct switch of the preset mode from a current state to a target state, wherein the current state is one of an enabled state and a disabled state, and the target state is the other of the enabled state and the disabled state; and switching the preset mode to the target state according to the received state switching instruction, wherein when the preset mode is in the disabled state, the controlling the voice control to be in an inactive state; and upon reception of a second touch instruction applied to a second preset area of the display screen, executing an operation corresponding to the second touch instruction.