Well, I'm given to understand that the 'Mad Wizard Weber' uses voice recognition to write his books, so I'd say that things've come pretty far. For that matter, I've personally run across phonebots that could handle verbal input, which is weird as all hell let me tell you.
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."