> But how? Even if those interfaces were actually working, it's still extremely inconvenient to talk when you can click. You have to be somewhere where talking

> But how? Even if those interfaces were actually working, it's still extremely inconvenient to talk when you can click. You have to be somewhere where talking out loud doesn't disturb the people around you. That excludes most situations: open space offices, restaurants, coffee shops, public transport, cars with passengers, and most places in the home except maybe the bathroom. I would separate out the two, actually. There's a "natural language control system for the entire OS" and then there's the actual voice part. Voice is often mostly useful for accessibility purposes -- hands full, running, driving, etc. However, the other side is that a text-based NL assistant would also be profoundly useful. On iOS, you can enable "Type-to-siri" and you can just type sentences and Siri will respond back in text. If we make progress on NL-driven command-lines, we can actually make progress on voice-assistants, and vice versa. The catch is that the voice side still needs recognition work.