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Why speech will replace touch as smart devices’ primary input (thenextweb.com)
3 points by ozh on Dec 18, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I agree that good speech recognition will be one of the biggest advances of the next five years, and that many people will want to use voice as their primary input. But most people do not want to have to overhear other people talk to their devices. Look at how resistant people have been to permit cell access on subways and planes. Think of a public place where many people use mobile devices. Now imagine that place with all those people talking to their phones




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