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Am I the only one that thinks voice interfaces are a scourge on technology? Leave them to science fiction. It's already bad enough with people walking around with their bluetooth headsets chatting away looking literally insane. But call me a luddite.

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I use voice control for one thing: to send text messages while driving. It's a lot safer to say "text bob i will be there in fifteen minutes" then "send" than to try to type while driving. It's also (understandably) illegal to type the messages while driving in many areas!

It's telling that I find it less frustrating to find a stop sign or parking lot, than to suffer thru using speech. Error rate is too high. Getting angry while driving is no fun.

Also I can call someone with one button press on my car. Much less distracting, and much faster, than trying to text/email.

Agreed - I have yet to successfully send a text through voice commands. Or navigate. And I quickly realised it was dangerous to try, because I would inevitably have to look down to see what the phone is actually doing.

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