Voice commands on a phone are useless

I don't think I have ever seen anybody use the voice commands of a phone. I was surprised a few years back when I saw the Siri commercial for the new idiot phone. Although systems like Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking are useful for the visually challenged or physical challenges, interview transcription and other applications, the majority of us are comfortable using a key based entry system to have a written record of our thoughts to launch an action. Nintendo's Wii and Kinect style interfaces were gimmicks, but did gain traction nonetheless.

I cannot stand watching instructional videos when I know it will take me a tenth of the time to read the instructions. On that thought, wouldn't it be wonderful if all the instructional videos on youtube had searchable transcripts?

What would it be like if we heard our own voice repeated to ourselves in order confirm our commands?

As time goes by, it makes more sense to me that we should learn to have better command of our voices and a pencil to draw. For a fact, I know that most entries on this blog, are not worth reading, and would have been best as fleeting thoughts.