Alina Cohen: Voice interfaces enable true multitasking unlike traditional screen-based devices
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Alina Cohen, General Partner at Initialized Capital, outlines the core paradigm shift of voice computing over traditional screen interfaces.
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“It's one of the few interfaces that doesn't force an interrupt that you can multitask with. With just about anything you're doing, you can keep doing it and still be using your voice, and with everything else involving computers, you more or less have to stop what you're doing, pick up your computer or your cell phone, and dabble around”
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