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August 2007
Re: The Almighty Voice Client
apollo [blog] Tue 7th @ 08:41 EDT
sl client, voice
I've avoided pontificating about the negative impact I suppose Voice - with a capital V - will have on the SL experience, mostly because I assume that those who are sane and rational will quickly discover the fundamental social shortcomings of the technology, while those who perceive this as a Good Thing will not be swayed by my quaint and outmoded textual arguments. That said, on reading Ordinal today, I couldn't help but chortle at this:
Those of you who wish to partake in the receiving of other-worldly voices - and coughs, and feedback, and the sounds of errant other-world children, and so on and so on ad nauseam - may do so widely, without even having to pay any sort of Pharmacist for this Altering of the Mind.
--Ordinal Malaprop, A Momentous Day (For Some)
Ms Malaprop also expounded at great length and with much aplomb, citing most of my various concerns and serving practical examples that directly correlate to my personal reasons for generally refusing to use the voice feature and I heartily recommend investing a few moments in reading both of her posts on the subject. For those seeking insight in 30 words or less, however, I refer you to the infinite wisdom of one John Gabriel, but please do mind the naughty language in that last link.
I suppose I should add, for the record, that I can imagine situations where the voice features would have some genuinely practical use, but mostly I cannot fathom the need to by default automatically enable voice across the entirety of the grid at large. This can only lead to the situations alluded to above.