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0 pointsfalcolas4y ago0 comments

This guy's not wrong. You can speak clearly and comfortably at 250 words per minute. Most folks will type at less than half that.

Even shortcuts (which peer comments are relying upon) aren't all that fast - they require additional selection movement with the keyboard or mouse before they can be used.

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mertd4y ago

People do much more than narrating natural language. They navigate menus, highlight text, launch apps, type commands on the terminal etc... I don't see how voice can best keyboard and mouse when considering all interactions.

falcolasOP4y ago

Strange, I can see it with no problems. Probably because I use VIM quite a bit, which makes use of fairly natural language gestures.

Copy two words

Select line

Paste before word

etc.

Opening apps is ever simpler: "open spotify". Compare the complexity and time required to say those two words against moving your hand to the mouse, moving the mouse to a 100x100 pixel target, and clicking twice within 100ms. Even compare it against using "Cmd-Space Spotify".

It'd require a learning period, but so does - for example - teaching the concept of the mouse to someone who's only ever used a tablet.

EDIT: And I'll copy this from another of my posts - getting good voice control won't take our keyboards and mice away from us.

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