Sure (well, I'm not sure I'd say it's "huge" amounts of data, but there's definitely some non-verbal information embedded in speech) but this is disaster commu

Sure (well, I'm not sure I'd say it's "huge" amounts of data, but there's definitely some non-verbal information embedded in speech) but this is disaster communications, not a newscast, I don't want to try to read subtle emotions from tone of voice, I want information -- if the sender is feeling anxious about something, I want him to tell me, I don't want to try to guess how bad conditions are because his voice was a little shaky.