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Voice isn't the clearest or the fastest way to communicate. I'd suggest the opposite - that's it's slow, unclear and probably the worst form of digital communi
by fossuser 12y ago
Voice isn't the clearest or the fastest way to communicate.
I'd suggest the opposite - that's it's slow, unclear and probably the worst form of digital communication. There's no good log, it's not silent, you can't link to other information (or copy it) and it requires one person to stop talking before another can start.
This all aside, iOS 8 now let's you send voice messages in the default messages app - seems like this company has no market?
- justinpaulson 12y agoI came to say this, but also wanted to add that searching a voice communication is quite problematic compared to a written conversation. For evidence of how unclear it is, just look at the amount of times journalists use brackets to clean up quotations because people tend to speak in broken fragments.
- tantalor 12y agoVoice is much more clear because it conveys nuance, such as sarcasm, which text cannot. I bet speaking is much faster than typing for most people, although reading is faster than listening. Voice (sound) is analog, not digital! Converting voice to text solves a lot of these problems, but this app doesn't do that.
- fossuser 12y agoI'd argue that nuance is harder to determine through voice on a phone when you can't read body language and have a harder time hearing them. It's pretty easy through text when you know the person or use an emoticon. Videochat is definitely better than text for that reason though still don't have a log or ability to search/copy. By digital I meant communicating with some sort of digital device and not face to face or through a letter.
- hrvbr 12y agoThere's also no good search engine for audio messages. This may be a big deal for businesses, when compared with email.