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Re:Speech Is 3x Faster Than Typing for English and Mandarin ... by douche on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @03:54PM (#12401003)
But is it 3x as valuable? Anyone can talk a mile a minute and let the words flow out of their face-hole as fast as their brain can string words together.

Slowing down to think about and review what you're communicating is a feature, not a bug, of text.

Re:Speech Is 3x Faster Than Typing for English and Mandarin ... by tree_of_item on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @04:01PM (#12401054)
How is that even relevant? It's not audio vs. text, it's speech vs. typing. Just use speech-to-text, and you can see your text on the screen before you give it to Siri or your friend. Still better than typing.
Re:Speech Is 3x Faster Than Typing for English and Mandarin ... by oopsies49 on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @04:01PM (#12401055)
I think it's pretty valuable. I would rather talk to my phone to send a text message while driving rather than pick it up and cause an accident.

"Ok Google, text Jim Traffic is bad, I'll be late"

Re:Speech Is 3x Faster Than Typing for English and Mandarin ... by emodendroket on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @04:11PM (#12401123)
While voice commands may be better than using the keyboard, they're still distracting and dangerous. It is best to avoid interacting with your phone at all while you drive.
Re:Speech Is 3x Faster Than Typing for English and Mandarin ... by nommm-nommm on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @07:26PM (#12402207)
Sending text messages while driving is extremely dangerous no matter the input method. Hands free is not safe nor safer.