Voice control systems, while offering the potential for a ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution, often fall short of user expectations due to challenges such as multiple people talking at once, discerning commands from background conversations, and understanding individual voices.
A proposed solution involves creating a single button to play a sleep playlist, bypassing voice interaction, although this would require additional buttons for other use cases and multiple coin cell batteries.
In contrast, a looser system of individual hacks may offer greater flexibility and be easier to maintain and modify, but may lack overall coordination, as seen in the need to change WiFi credentials on multiple devices.
Some hackers argue in favor of the loose system, highlighting the flexibility and expanded capabilities of such an approach, and emphasizing that individual devices don’t all need to be tied to the same network or communicate in the same way.
Nonetheless, some voice control systems could benefit from incorporating aspects of both approaches to provide users with a more robust and user-friendly experience.
