Voice recognition, as far as I know, can't make use-mention distinctions. There's no way to "quote" a voice command. "Siri, tomorrow tell me the result of 'Siri, what is today's date?'"
The key problem with command line applications is they lack discoverability. If you're sitting at a blank screen and a blinking "_", there's no way of knowing which commands are available. To me, this is a big feature of WIMP systems. You can visually scan the menu items.
Auto-complete in CLIs gives you much of that power back. Start typing and see what results start coming up. That's why most input boxes on the web these days—even search engines!—auto-complete as you type.
I can't imagine an equivalent user experience for voice that wouldn't be maddening. "Siri, call m–" "Mom? Want me to call your mom?" "-o" "Oh, you mean MOMA? The museum? Want me to call that?"
Voice recognition, as far as I know, can't make use-mention distinctions. There's no way to "quote" a voice command. "Siri, tomorrow tell me the result of 'Siri, what is today's date?'"
The key problem with command line applications is they lack discoverability. If you're sitting at a blank screen and a blinking "_", there's no way of knowing which commands are available. To me, this is a big feature of WIMP systems. You can visually scan the menu items.
Auto-complete in CLIs gives you much of that power back. Start typing and see what results start coming up. That's why most input boxes on the web these days—even search engines!—auto-complete as you type.
I can't imagine an equivalent user experience for voice that wouldn't be maddening. "Siri, call m–" "Mom? Want me to call your mom?" "-o" "Oh, you mean MOMA? The museum? Want me to call that?"