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Only when wanting to Google something while I am walking.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Its handy for adding quick reminders.
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Thats about all I've used it for, and only then if I'm somewhere quiet so people don't think I'm a muppet.
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I thought I was the only miserable old sod who refuses to talk to the phone but it seems I am in the majority. For all the hype around the vendors various "AI helpers" it seems most people are really not that interested.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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You aren't.
Cluelessly Naive Techie: So we're going to put a microphone in our device and have it always on and uploading anything we think is interesting to the cloud.
Old Curmudgeon: Who wrote that spec for you, the NSA? 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I'm more worried that so many people on here (presumably software developers for the most part and thus theoretically capable of understanding the implications) do use it.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I mostly use it to set a timer or open the calculator. A lot of built in functions seem to be easier to access through voice.
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I dictate messages to it when people is bombarding me messages while cooking. Pretty much the only time I use it.
Smile and have fun 
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Just to call people...
Having a Samsung I learned they have an "experimental" application that replaces the normal voice control and it works much better as it makes everything locally without using Internet at all...
In my case I hold the home button for one second and simply say "call name_of_the_contact".
It usually works... 
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I must try this as the Samsung phone app interface thingy is a PITA.
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... as often as not I end up giving up in frustration. (Siri BTW)
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Because the setup of may parents Kindle would not let me continue without trying "try it out" as one of the steps.
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...but nevertheless shouting at anything from knife to Arduino board and back... Just calms me down...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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7% ? My only thought is either running win XP (or older)
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These 7% don't have smartphones at 2017.
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...and looking for directions. Outside of that it's much simpler to just type stuff out.
Jeremy Falcon
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I also use it on my watch as well.  
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When some idiot's 'smart' device goes off when it should have been silenced or turned off, I usually use the voice command
"shut that ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ing thing off"
The only voice command you'll ever need!
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...it recognises my voice 99.9% of the time - even with my British accent. I do enunciate clearly and turn the radio down in the car as necessary but otherwise I am amazed at how well it does.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S8+ that comes with an assistant called "Bixby" but I use Google Assistant instead nearly all the time and it works great!
I only use Bixby when I want to control the phone's more obscure settings but for things like, "Decrease the screen brightness" or "Call [wife] at home", Google Assistant works great. The only failure is that once the phone is ringing I can't use voice commands such as "turn on speaker" - I have to press the little button for that - which takes away from the complete hands-free experience!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I use voice commands to make calls all the time with my trusty Nokia N95.
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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I'll say "Call <significant other="">" - Nothing happens.......
Then I start railing expletives at Siri for her insubordinate only to have them listed on the phone. like "See what he said to me"
Other times it works.
I keep forgetting to try text dictation. I'll try harder today.
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