"We are seeing the beginnings of this transformation with spoken queries, especially in mobile and smart home settings"
Yes, because we need more noise pollution. So now,as well as the people who hold their phone half a foot in front of their face and shout into it (to avoid the nasty radiation frying their brains), we'll get to have people screaming loudly at their phone because it didn't understand them due to the other idiot speaking loudly to their phone (or playing loud games/music expecting other passengers to of course have the same tastes in games.music).
<sigh>
At least in the days of books/newspapers other passengers ignored you *quietly*.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
