Speech is in a different category than text or UI. The only antecedents to speaking to objects is praying to an icon/wailing wall/religious service. Even voice 2 text, which some thought we would be doing more by now has not garnered much traction.
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Replying to @PaulSkallas @SimonDeDeo
Paul, I hear ya. The antecedents may very well be humans. Additionally in the late 1800s telephonophobia had a similar discordance with a generation. The original phone needed to be anthropomorphized with the bells as eyes and microphone as nose for some to even use the device.pic.twitter.com/TE1y7v2aR8
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Paul, as to Speech-To-Text. Google and other have shown that it has indeed taken off. One interesting statistic is the youth cohort: 25% of individuals ages 16-24 use voice search on mobile:https://blog.globalwebindex.com/chart-of-the-day/25-of-16-24s-use-voice-search-on-mobile/ …
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @SimonDeDeo
what does "not interested" mean? http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/12/12/nearly-half-of-americans-use-digital-voice-assistants-mostly-on-their-smartphones/?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%28bii-apps-and-platforms%29:%20Voice%20assistant%20usage%20remains%20low%20%E2%80%94%20FCC%20votes%20to%20repeal%20net%20neutrality%20rules%20%E2%80%94%20Facebook%20introduces%20Click-to-WhatsApp&utm_term=BII%20List%20Mobile%20ALL …pic.twitter.com/XNGKLr5KPv
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Replying to @PaulSkallas @SimonDeDeo
Paul, the same research group conducted a similar study when the Macintosh was released in 1984. Over 70% were not interested in owning a computer. Now it’s in their pocket. Here is some empirical insights from the source, this is just voice search growth...pic.twitter.com/40ncMVuitl
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @PaulSkallas
Unless I am mistaken, it would have been impossible for the Pew to have conducted such a survey, because it didn’t exist in 1984.
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Replying to @SimonDeDeo @PaulSkallas
Simon, indeed it was at that time called “Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press” and conducted similar type of research.
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @PaulSkallas
That was founded in 1990, six years after the ‘84 release, and again could not have conducted the survey.
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Replying to @SimonDeDeo @PaulSkallas
Simon, this organization has been doing this sort of research in the 1980s. Here is one form 1985 on PEW’s own site. http://www.people-press.org/1985/11/15/the-people-the-press/ … is the age of this organization a big pout for you?
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele @PaulSkallas
No, I was just going by the Wikipedia entry, unfortunately it seems. Do you have a link to the survey you remember? I’d be curious—couldn’t google it up.
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Simon, I understand. Not easy to find pre internet info like this. I do know that Times Mirror was very anti PC and conducted many “studies” that made the idea of a PC dubious. They resisted AOL’s first request to digitalize. That changed later on...
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