I'm old, and I'm with you. While the Amazon Echo has been way more useful to me than I would've thought because of its speech-interface, so I'm not surprised at the speed or accuracy of speech recognition. It just feels weird. If I wanted to talk to someone, I would call them. Of course, there are many chat situations (the recipient can't talk on the phone, or you're group chatting) that can't be executed via phone call. But I like the tactile experience of typing in a message in those situations. Feels more deliberate. Also, a lot easier (I would think) to insert multimedia and emojis.

However, I'm not old enough that I enjoy the tactile experience of handwriting a letter for the tradeoff in speed, though that's because my handwriting is so terrible.