On Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/6/2019 8:54 AM, Rolf Mantel wrote:
Am 06.06.2019 um 14:14 schrieb Duane:

You can listen or talk on a radio without looking at it.Â* Same with a
phone.Â*Â* Especially if you have some hands free device as most cars
do now.
But you can’t text without looking at it.

Well actually you can send text by voice using Siri on iPhone and
there's probably some app that reads it.

Siri can do that as well
https://www.dummies.com/consumer-ele...r-texts-aloud/
(and with the appropriate in-car integration, without needing to touch
the home button).

I have sat in a car as a passenger when the driver was texted by his
wife and sent an answer via Siri.Â* Needed a few repetitions to get the
right text but still simpler than ringing her to pass the estimated
arrival time.

And it's now so important to tell one's arrival time?

I can accept it may be important in some few instances- perhaps "I'll be
there before the baby is born!"

But from certain friends, I now get texts saying "We're almost there,
see you in five minutes." That's over-communication. We shouldn't need
minute by minute reports.

Personally, I like the high-level cell phone conferences (on speaker) at the produce department about what lettuce to buy. People whine about privacy, but will stand next to you in the store, in an elevator -- anywhere -- and broadcast their private conversations. Collaboration is now required for the most rudimentary activity. You even need to collaborate with inanimate objects like Siri and your car. We should just have our heads put in jars connected to wi-fi. http://www.monsterbashnews.com/Morepics/TheySavedHitler'sBrain-Head.jpg

-- Jay Beattie.