How different do you think GN would be if ...

I’d have a problem with some accents and could be more easily identified. Would people’s use of irony and sense of mischief be more clearly perceived with the spoken word?

no way! a ridiculous idea.!

Audio GN not for me, I much prefer the written word

Thanks Dickens. I really thought I’d checked!

Mollygo

I like the written word. I’d probably opt out of GN if all posts were spoken.
I always dictate posts with the mike on screen, sometimes with disastrous results. If DH says something whilst I’m speaking, it picks that up too. Careful checking, just like checking autocorrect is necessary but I’m really grapefruit for the speed that dictation allows.

... but I’m really grapefruit for the speed that dictation allows.

🤣🤣🤣

Autocorrect isn’t always correct ! 🤣

I like the written word. I’d probably opt out of GN if all posts were spoken.
I always dictate posts with the mike on screen, sometimes with disastrous results. If DH says something whilst I’m speaking, it picks that up too. Careful checking, just like checking autocorrect is necessary but I’m really grapefruit for the speed that dictation allows.

I'd rather not. I much prefer writing to speaking. I do use WhatsApp voice messages sometimes, but only with my close family.

Callistemon21 Mon 14-Aug-23 17:36:14

... and anyway, DH would wonder what I was chuntering on about.

😁😁

Oh no, not for me. And imagine if there were several family members, all with different messages being read out? You could use earphones I guess but then they’d need to be charged up and not be misplaced or nicked by someone else.

No, definitely not. It's an instinctive "no", but I know that on a long discussion trying to go back, and check out what's been said before would just get impossible.

Also think of voice ID techie snooping? Atm I have only one voice ID access to services but imagine the consequences.

I, in fact, hate the sound of my own voice
Me too.

I like the written word
Probably couldn't be bothered to speak and anyway, DH would wonder what I was chuntering on about.

What if the dog started barking?
I've watched a YouTube video by someone teaching crochet and her cat keeps mewing away in the background; she stops to talk to it 🐱 😃

Too many young techno-grans these days 😉😂😂😂

I, in fact, hate the sound of my own voice.

When, for whatever reason, it has been recorded, I listen to it with increasing distaste... and cringe at the way I drop certain letters in words, quite unconsciously.

Funny Daisy, I think just the opposite! Nice thought though!

Also huge issue for privacy concerns

I wouldn’t use it myself, but I would like a like/dislike button.

Germanshepherdsmum

There are some posters who I think would rant and send. Takes more time to type - time to reflect.

I just thought everyone would sound like their nicer self

MaizieD

Sorry, wouldn't suit me at all. I like to be able to read, and reread if necessary.

I don't like YouTube videos for the same reason, I don't remember every word that is said and it's much easier to skim a page of writing than it is to fiddle around trying to locate the time at which something was said. It makes following an argument really difficult.

I'm really sad that reading seems to have gone out of fashion...

As you're dictating your posts, DAR, are we allowed to point out when your speech to text software is making mistakes?

Maisie, I asked what difference people thought it would make rather than wanting to thrust it on everyone.

The software is a real problem, as is not having a keyboard but using the on-screen one. It's part of the murder (by me or Microsoft, I'm not sure which) of my computer. It died, taking with it my specialist software. I didn't always use it, but it had learned my voice, knew I wrote in English English, understood punctuation and was reasonably good at grammar, etc., etc. Unfortunately, these things are a) not cheap and b) use a lot of memory.

So, joy of joys, I found the tablet had a built-in dictation program. It is appalling! I still use it because I get tired due to my level of concentration when I'm typing. If it's something long and complicated, I run it through another programme, but oh, what a waste of time and energy. Anyway, that is the tale, or as the tablet would have it, the "tail" of my software and, thinking about it, that may be what led to my question

Does it matter why you are asking?

It would identify members with more than one identity and returners under a different name.

Accents would be a huge issue for some posters

There are some posters who I think would rant and send. Takes more time to type - time to reflect.

Sorry, wouldn't suit me at all. I like to be able to read, and reread if necessary.

I don't like YouTube videos for the same reason, I don't remember every word that is said and it's much easier to skim a page of writing than it is to fiddle around trying to locate the time at which something was said. It makes following an argument really difficult.

I'm really sad that reading seems to have gone out of fashion...

As you're dictating your posts, DAR, are we allowed to point out when your speech to text software is making mistakes?