1. Above all it is social. Working amongst fellow workers all talking to their computers would be like working in a call centre - only without the scope for eavesdropping on something interesting.. 2. It creates more cognitive load for both human and computer: - for the human, to verbalise what you want something on screen to do and then say it, then confirm that it has worked; - for the computer, to interpret the sound it detects and convert that into interface instructions
I am not surprised that voice recognition is more widely used for dictation than for commands, as that is a situation where it can offer real productivity benefits. Even here, some people just prefer to express themselves with a keyboard; personally I never got used to using a dictaphone or dictating to a secretary (remember them?) . > > -- Tim Ostler London ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
