Community Chat

[hennypenny]

I hate texting but that is the way the kids communicate.

I like to hear the tone of voice and have the immediate back and forth of a real conversation. I do use the voice gizmo as I have terrible vision and it is hard for me to text with my fingers. A new I phone is coming out in the fall that will be a tad larger. Maybe that will help me.

[Lila Belle]

I use it sometimes when texting especially if I'm doing something in the kitchen.

[jlkz]

I prefer the human voice in communication: there's so much more to what a person is actually verbalizing than in what the typed word conveys. As a former manager, career counsellor, and adjunct college professor (leadership and group communication), the spoken word can accentuate or deny what the person is saying. The hesitancy in word choice, the too quick delivery of a sentence, or the heaviness of the breathing all are significant clues as to the message that is not being verbalized. It helps me help the speaker. So if I can't speak person to person, texting will have to suffice!

[Lotus]

I use it a lot.....much easier on my eyes.

[Jerz-girl]

I do, especially when driving! (shoudn't be texting at all when driving!!)

Jerz

[Lipstickdiva]

Never. I've never used it to text or to Google.

My DH uses it to Google or get directions and I get frustrated because it never understands what he is saying.

The other day we were driving somewhere and by the time he finally got the mike to recognize the address he was saying, I had typed it in and had the map up and running.

Neither of us have I-phones.

[mima]

Mine works really good and I use it if I am alone. If anyone (including Dh) is in the room, I don't. For some reason it makes me feel weird.

[mima]

I have left a message on landline voice mail and a few times said ""period"" at the end because I'm using to talk texting. How embarrassing!