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People don't always have their hands free or are able to look at a screen. Not everyone is good at typing.


The commenter did mention "except for accessibility reasons".


If you consider any advantage of voice as an input modality to be an accessibility reason, then by definition there are no non accessibility reasons to use voice.


Voice input while driving isn't an accessibility reason, but it's an important safety feature. Unfortunately Google's Assistant has only gotten worse, nearing uselessness in anything but setting driving directions.




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