Comment by mrguyorama

>and it's faster for you to read than hear.

Actually it isn't. I struggle with auditory processing, and routinely mishear things.

If I want to refer to something from an audio message a second time while I'm responding, audio messages are impossible to easily reference. Asynchronous audio messages are awful.

Empathy is also understanding that different people have different preferences, often driven by physiological differences. If my friends were dyslexic or blind or struggled to type, I would be open to voice memos for that reason, but they are all very proficient typists.

A written document inherently allows you to process it at your own pace. A voice memo cannot do that.