> That phrase set was explicitly designed for text entry (typing) experiments.
I'm sure that set was designed for <del>typing on full-sized, physical keyboards,</del> not touch-screen mobile devices. (Thanks for the correction!)
Also, even though speech is faster than typing on a touch-screen mobile device, it's a lot easier to correct the errors that inevitably happen via typing.
Sometimes it's impossible to verbally correct errors or enter unrecognized words (or names!).
It does predate capacitive touchscreen keyboards. However it wasn't made explicitly for full size physical keyboards. They explicitly had soft keyboards in mind. Here is the paper that introduced the phrase set [1] at it refers to this soft keyboard they made previously [2].
I'm sure that set was designed for <del>typing on full-sized, physical keyboards,</del> not touch-screen mobile devices. (Thanks for the correction!)
Also, even though speech is faster than typing on a touch-screen mobile device, it's a lot easier to correct the errors that inevitably happen via typing.
Sometimes it's impossible to verbally correct errors or enter unrecognized words (or names!).