Pioneers of AI Possible: R.I.P. Computer Keyboard (1964 – 2025)
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Mar 4, 2026 
Tanay Kothari, founder and CEO of Whisperflow and early voice-assistant pioneer, discusses a post-keyboard future where speaking becomes the main way we interact with computers. He explores how voice reduces cognitive friction, boosts accessibility, improves emotional tone in messages, and powers smarter, context-aware assistants. Includes a live speed-and-accuracy demo pitting voice against fast typing.
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Voice Eliminates The Thought‑To‑Interface Bottleneck
- Speaking is far closer to thought speed: humans speak ~150 wpm and think ~400 wpm while typing averages ~40 wpm, creating an I/O bottleneck.
- Voice lets ideas flow without formatting interruptions, restoring a more natural thought-to-text channel.
Kid Who Built a Pre‑Siri Voice Assistant
- Tanay built one of the world's first voice assistants as a kid, sleeping alternate nights and coding secretly on his mom's laptop.
- The app hit ~2.5 million users in six months before Google removed it, which spurred him to keep building products.
Try Voice For One Minute Then Build A Workflow
- Give voice dictation one minute to prove value, then find a daily workflow it solves to form habit.
- Measure adoption by comparing characters typed with keyboard versus spoken through Flow to track behavior change.
