[Someone]

Is it? My first thought was “is your ideal also her ideal?”.

We cannot rule out she wants to spend quality time with her partner instead of spending time in a recording studio, so that, if the worst outcome comes, her husband can remind her of what she lost.

[kerkeslager]

Presumably the guy is better at guessing what his wife wants than you are, and his wife is an adult who can tell him if he guesses wrong.

[fragmede]

Presumably the wife is the best at knowing what she wants.

I'd make no presumption, good or bad, about the their relationship dynamic, however.

[thaumasiotes]

> his wife is an adult who can tell him if he guesses wrong

She can, but she might not. A lot of that depends on how he presents the idea to her -- it might seem like something that's important to him.

[pugworthy]

It's sad that people trying to discuss the emotional side of this are being down voted.

Honestly there is no doubt a very large emotional/personal side of this, irrespective of who's idea it is and who supports it.

Technology isn't the solution for all problems and challenges in life.

[at_a_remove]

No, it isn't.

But good lord, sometimes trying to get technical help on the Internet turns into this rabbithole of people who are specifically looking for ways not to be helpful. "Did you really want that?" "Did you consider alternatives?" "What you really have is an XY problem."

[pugworthy]

"Truly identifying a problem means looking deeper at the symptoms, the customer, the impact, the alternatives, the opportunity, and the relationships between them, while avoiding the “solution bias” (often known as “The issue is that the customer does not use my solution”)."

#1 item from https://www.molfar.io/blog/yc-questions

[at_a_remove]

Or not. Not everything has to be this super-deep, six whys exploration of how craving and attachment is the cause of all suffering and if you would only stop wanting a solution you would no longer be in pain.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[kerkeslager]

People are being downvoted because if you cannot possibly have an informed opinion on a subject, it's completely arrogant to form opinions on that subject, and even more arrogant to criticize someone publicly based on those opinions.

Literally the only person on this thread who knows anything about the OP's wife is the OP. Everyone else sharing an opinion on "the emotional side of this" is vocally ignorant.

[daveFNbuck]

I think the idea here is that she could use her own voice instead of a generic voice with text to speech devices. I doubt he intends to taunt her with it.

[DaniloDias]

By all means, let’s have hacker news expand this technical question into an evaluation of this guys marriage.

[pezo1919]

Life is complex bro.

[kerkeslager]

True, but I don't think it's particularly useful to get so caught up in all the possible ways that your kindly-intentioned actions could go wrong that you need permission to even try to do kind things. That's just a form of social anxiety.

And it's particularly useless when your worries are about a situation which does not concern you and which you are almost completely ignorant about.

[glonq]

That was also my first thought, having seen far too many tech geeks inflict unwanted products and projects onto their poor partners and families.

The sentiment is admirable, but it's a lot of work considering that the probability of a negative outcome is very low.