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"...a voice interface in public is a complete non-starter."

As I sit in a crowded coffee shop at a shared table, with three people who are on meetings and talking away about sensitive things. Right next to one another! Along the wall there are two people chatting on their phones to family, one of them on speaker.

People don't care, they don't have manners.




Once in a while I catch up with friends in a coffee shop and I usually get some death stares from those remote laptop workers.

A coffee shop is NOT supposed to be quiet. If you want quietness go to a library.


That’s actually a great test - can it be used effectively when there’s ambient noise?


I think what you want is a public library. Or some headphones.




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