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Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard

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Re: Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard

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My counter-argument to voice-driven coding has been primarily around the input bandwidth and the fact that you must work from home with that kind of setup.

I guess the presenter conducted the "faster than the keyboard" test under very controlled circumstances (e.g. only working on his own code, so one doesn't have to deal with non-english-word variables/functions).

I don't mean to be a hater, because that was an _amazing_ demo, but I don't believe it's the holy grail the title implies it is.

Re: Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard

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post #2

My counter-argument to voice-driven coding has been primarily around the input bandwidth and the fact that you must work from home with that kind of setup. I guess the presenter conducted the "faster than the keyboard" test under very controlled circumstances (e.g. only working on his own code, so one doesn't have to deal with non-english-word variables/functions). I don't mean to be a hater, because that was an _ama…

> you must work from home with that kind of setup.

Or, you have a private office with a door that closes.

Re: Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard

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post #3

That was a fun talk to watch. Someone should try something similar using some kind of brainwave detecting glass gear to make it possible to code by simply thinking. That'd be awesome.

At that point why not cut out the coding altogether? Just visualize the output and there it is.

Re: Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard

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post #2

My counter-argument to voice-driven coding has been primarily around the input bandwidth and the fact that you must work from home with that kind of setup. I guess the presenter conducted the "faster than the keyboard" test under very controlled circumstances (e.g. only working on his own code, so one doesn't have to deal with non-english-word variables/functions). I don't mean to be a hater, because that was an _ama…

> you must work from home with that kind of setup. Or, you have a private office with a door that closes.

the day the average programmer gets an office, well...

I don't even get a cube where I work

Re: Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard

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I guess it depends on the type of software you're working on, but input speed has never been close to being the bottleneck with coding for me...

Most of the time I'm trying to figure out what to do or how to implement an algorithm. Rarely do I get those mad-scientist frenzies where I'm typing away frantically trying to get all the words down as they come into my mind in a flash of inspiration.

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