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Re:The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enab... by charcircuit on Monday March 17, 2025 @04:49AM (#43386362)
People don't always have their hands free or are able to look at a screen. Not everyone is good at typing.
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Re:The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enab... by Cthulhu_ on Monday March 17, 2025 @05:06AM (#43386472)
The commenter did mention "except for accessibility reasons".
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Re:The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enab... by 0xTJ on Monday March 17, 2025 @06:05AM (#43386760)
Voice input while driving isn't an accessibility reason, but it's an important safety feature. Unfortunately Google's Assistant has only gotten worse, nearing uselessness in anything but setting driving directions.
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Re:The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enab... by charcircuit on Monday March 17, 2025 @05:22AM (#43386546)
If you consider any advantage of voice as an input modality to be an accessibility reason, then by definition there are no non accessibility reasons to use voice.
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