Ask HN: Is voice becoming your main input? What happens to open-plan offices?

3 points by ProblemExplorer 2 hours ago | 2 comments

Is voice or dictation taking over as the major way of interacting with your computer or agents?

If so, then what's going to happen to the future of open floor plan offices?

Are NC headphones and Stenomasks the future?

They will now become part of the corporate issued and mandated equipment at open floor plan offices?

kazinator 2 hours ago |

What's already happened to open-plan offices is that they are at least half empty due to remote work. People go to them to interact with coworkers as much as for a quiet space. People go specifically to be available for face to face conversation, so loud conversations are heard.

Voice isn't my main input but the handful of times I voiced something in the middle of an office, I spoke quietly, with a near whisper, into a close mic. It was much quieter than I would normally be able to speak to a coworker.

spottedmarley 2 hours ago |

tall, thick cubicle walls.