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I might be in the minority, but I also don't want to add things to my life that make my environment noisier or that require me or others living with me to speak
by gspencley 4y ago
I might be in the minority, but I also don't want to add things to my life that make my environment noisier or that require me or others living with me to speak more. As much of a Star Trek fan as I am, I never found "The Computer" to be appealing, and always thought of it more as an artistic device. It's a lot easier to communicate a character's intent / action if they are vocalizing it for performance. Even in scenes where they are "typing" something into the computer, they will inevitably be communicating to the captain or another character what they are doing.
In practical reality these interfaces feel, to me, as extremely inefficient. As someone who doesn't particularly like to speak, and prefers silent environments, these interfaces require more energy from me to use. Unless they are serving someone who has a physical impairment then I don't see what problems exist that these solve, but I can identify lots of problems that they introduce (not only noise but privacy / security vulnerabilities etc.)
Personal preference.