Voice interface is the future, just have voice assistant do everything without relying on knobs nor touch screen

same way people just talk to claude code via whisper

drakythe 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Lordy I hope not. Cannot imagine having to childproof my car's entertainment system, or make sure I don't sing a trigger word, or try to turn on the defroster to dehumidify the windshield during an intense rain storm where I can barely hear myself think.

Also: I don't want a microphone in my car at all times. Thank you.

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_flux 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It could use array microphone to detect that the sound originates from the driver's seat (in addition to using it for filtering out not-from-driver's-seat sounds).

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recursive an hour ago | parent [-]

I mean that's cool, if it actually works reliably. Automation tech enthusiasts are willing to be impressed by 99% reliability. To get buy-in from regular people, it needs to just work better. To be clear, I don't know how reliable this actually is now, but I'd be willing to bet that it's not reliable enough.

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scottyah 22 minutes ago | parent [-]

Then it seems like we should work on making it better instead of just trashing the idea?

	▲	recursive 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Both could be possible. It belongs in an R&D lab unless and until it's good enough. If, after some time and dollar threshold, it's still not good enough there might be a case for spending those resources elsewhere.

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nancyminusone 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hell no. I'd sooner tear out my own vocal cords than accept this future.

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macintux 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No. No, please, no. I won't buy a car that relies on voice for anything, and I really don't want to rent one either. Wildly inefficient, slow, unpredictable.

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AnatolySkuba 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Voice makes sense as a third input mode, but it seems like a poor replacement for the controls you need while stressed or time-constrained. In a car the real UX test isn't "can the system eventually understand me?", it's "can I do this eyes-free, in noise, with high confidence, in under a second?" That's why defrost, wipers, volume, and temperature feel fundamentally different from "navigate to X". Touch is fine for discoverability, voice is fine for occasional commands, but safety-critical/high-frequency actions still want dedicated hardware.