From memory, there was a time (end of millenium?) when using voice recognition to write documents was the next big thing. There was a pricey bit of software for Windows that was popular with power users and they would spend hours training it to their voice.
Then it seemed to just die off. I don't think it was bad technology, because I don't think novelty value was enough to account for its popularity - you had to put hours in to get it to work well, it wasn't a casual toy.
What's changed since then in terms of technology? Unless it's very significant, I suspect it will go the same way. Apart from an assistive technology viewpoint, my gut instinct is that it's not that satisfying or rewarding talking to a computer all day.
Then it seemed to just die off. I don't think it was bad technology, because I don't think novelty value was enough to account for its popularity - you had to put hours in to get it to work well, it wasn't a casual toy.
What's changed since then in terms of technology? Unless it's very significant, I suspect it will go the same way. Apart from an assistive technology viewpoint, my gut instinct is that it's not that satisfying or rewarding talking to a computer all day.