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There are many times I really wished to use voice interface but in private. Some notes - both personal and professional - I feel I can voice better than type them out. Sometimes I can't type - it's actually a frequent occurrence when you have small kids. For all those scenarios, I wish for some kind of microphone/device that could read from subvocalizations or lip movement.

In a similar fashion, many times I dreamed about contact lenses with screens built-in, because there are many times I'd like to pull up a screen and read or write something, but I can't, because it would be disturbing to people around me, or because the content is not for their eyes.




>For all those scenarios, I wish for some kind of microphone/device that could read from subvocalizations or lip movement.

There's a similar issue with those automated phone interfaces that "helpfully" require you to speak what you want, because you have to restart every time a pet or child screams. In those cases, it's better to have "press 1 for <whatever>", but it would also be an improvement to have it only read from your lips, so you wouldn't have to worry about background noise.




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