Today was n the middle of a Zoom meeting, and I needed to email a note to somebody about a follow-up meeting. Instead of typing the email into my computer, I picked up my phone and I dictated the email.<\/p>\n
The other people on the Zoom meeting thought it was kind of amusing, just watching me talk to my phone like that. I had forgotten that not all of my colleagues do that.<\/p>\n
One colleague pointed out that with her Israeli accent, it probably wouldn’t work on her iPhone. Which is rather unfair when you think about it.<\/p>\n
People have told me that when I dictate into the phone, my tone of voice changes entirely. Instead of speaking in a friendly way, it’s as though I’m giving orders to an underling.<\/p>\n
What is really happening is that I have gradually learned what manner of speaking will produce the fewest errors on the phone. But it is kind of interesting that this replicates an unequal working relationship.<\/p>\n
Which makes sense, because people and computers are not equal. Let’s just hope that the inequality continues to be in the same direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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