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Voice interfaces require multimodal feedback to maintain user confidence
  • Pure voice interfaces without visual feedback create uncertainty
  • Users can't tell if the system is listening or responding without visual cues
  • Combining voice with visual indicators creates more robust interactions
  • The modality should match the device context (phone vs screen)
Raphael ShadY Combinator00:02:14

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when I was speaking um it wasn't there was no visual feedback um uh making it clear that my voice is actually recognized by the microphone um and then similarly when the uh voice was answering um there was no sort of like visual indication um that that's what's happening Raphael Shad
important I guess to kind of pair multimodal cues um so not just rely on voice um in these type of scenarios where you do have a screen uh on the phone that would be a different scenario Raphael Shad

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