[caesil]

Chat sucks and will be replaced in almost all cases, I suspect. Speaking is much easier for many tasks, traditional UIs for others. Mediating everything through a keyboard is clunky and slow.

[guappa]

Speaking is tiring. And generally also slower than typing.

[stavros]

I very much doubt that speaking is slower than typing, given that basically only stenographers can transcribe things in real time, and that's by using special technique.

[guappa]

Try typing for 4h and talking for 4h.

Leaving aside the problem that you can no longer share a space if you interact by talking.

[stavros]

Talking is still faster, and I can do it while my hands and eyes are occupied, so I definitely don't see typing ever being the preferred interface. You'd never type to interact with an assistant while driving.

[davedx]

Subjective. I much prefer written interactions to spoken

[wenebego]

A keyboard is really nice input method, with current technology

[aodonnell2536]

It’s also easier to have greater precision over what one says when communicating through text vs speech

[blowski]

Also a lot more flexible over how you use it. Voice communication is difficult on public transport, around sleeping people, in a busy office, etc.

That said, voice can be better for people and situations where typing is hard.