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I think you misunderstand.
Voice modes give all sorts of information about the speaker's
age, gender, ethnicity, etc., which are not immediately
obvious with Morse Code or "data modes".
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No, I understand very well. In fact, that's my point. Voice conversations inherently provide more information, just as you point out.
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Voice modes can cause the listener to focus more on who is talking and
how they are talking, rather than what is being said.
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"who is talking" and "how they are talking" are often (if not always) as important in understanding "what is being said".
Consider this question: "How much should I take off?" Suppose the questioner was your barber discussing your hair, or a romantic partner discussing her attire, or car salesperson discussing price discounts. Clearly the meaning of that query is wildly different depending on "who is talking and how they are talking".
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Voices naturally convey emotion and mood, allow an almost continuous
range of emphasis, and can use different inflection to add subtle but
important syntactic variations to many words.
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Those features can also be a weakness of voice modes.
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Since those factors serve to amplify and refine the simple "bare" words, adding a layer of "richness", they are a strength (not a weakness) of voice conversation over the terse exchange of Morse or "data" signals.
In summary, "What is being said, who is saying it, and how they are saying it" will always lead to a richer conversation than just "what is being said".
The Man in the Maze
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