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The main problem with their system is not that it doesn't work with every app out there, the main problem is that voice control is just not that desirable for m

by WJW 2y ago

The main problem with their system is not that it doesn't work with every app out there, the main problem is that voice control is just not that desirable for most apps. It has its place in applications where you're already using your hands, such as when driving or when cooking or something like that, but even there you can have much richer, faster and more private interaction with a (touch)screen than would be possible with voice controls. Imagine if everyone in the entire office is constantly responding to whatsapp messages by saying "reply to xyz", then speaking the entire message out loud. Or in a restaurant, in the subway or at a crowded concert.

dns_snek 2y ago
The other glaring problem being that you'd have to entrust this shady company with keys to your digital kingdom so that they could perform actions on your behalf from their cloud. When they inevitably get hacked and your money gets stolen, you won't have any recourse because you authorized them to act on your behalf. Of course this could be solved if their models ran locally on your phone and interacted with target apps through accessibility APIs, but then they're just another app. Every part of their business is either not practical or downright insane if you think about it for more than a minute.
naming_the_user 2y ago
I'm not so sure about that - voice control is super useful when it works. Walking down the street for example it would be far easier to reply without having to use both hands, look down at the phone and type. The problem is that it has to work _all of the time_ and be perfectly analogous to the non-voice control equivalent. Otherwise, even in basic things like dictation it fails, because if you message a friend using dictation, the punctuation, capitalization, mumbles and other things make it seem jarring to them as if someone else is suddenly speaking.

by WJW 2y ago

dns_snek 2y ago

The other glaring problem being that you'd have to entrust this shady company with keys to your digital kingdom so that they could perform actions on your behalf from their cloud. When they inevitably get hacked and your money gets stolen, you won't have any recourse because you authorized them to act on your behalf. Of course this could be solved if their models ran locally on your phone and interacted with target apps through accessibility APIs, but then they're just another app. Every part of their business is either not practical or downright insane if you think about it for more than a minute.

naming_the_user 2y ago

I'm not so sure about that - voice control is super useful when it works. Walking down the street for example it would be far easier to reply without having to use both hands, look down at the phone and type. The problem is that it has to work _all of the time_ and be perfectly analogous to the non-voice control equivalent. Otherwise, even in basic things like dictation it fails, because if you message a friend using dictation, the punctuation, capitalization, mumbles and other things make it seem jarring to them as if someone else is suddenly speaking.