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Voice dictation
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2015–2023), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Voice dictation, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Voice input is slow and clunky, requiring corrections when dictating text2023-03-30
- Silently changes typed words with no way to correct or teach it2021-10-06
- Dictation stops after about two minutes, breaking free-form drafting2018-08-07
- Waiting for a button press and interface cue disrupts natural speaking rhythm2016-08-25
- Correcting sentences and copying text is much harder by touchscreen and voice2015-07-29