One important point about voice recognition is in the short term its OK if its slower and harder to use than superior technologies, as long as everyone knows it

One important point about voice recognition is in the short term its OK if its slower and harder to use than superior technologies, as long as everyone knows it costs a lot of money. Once that fad aspect blows over, then usage plummets and its forgotten. See Kinect, or the nintendo power glove, or qr-codes, or google glass, or the cue cat, or a zillion other examples that are in, or now entering, 8-track-hood.