OpenAI plans for its revamped voice mode aim to replace keyboards, with President Greg Brockman predicting that speaking to computers will become the preferred method for the “vast majority of what we do.” Brockman admitted he still likes typing for “a very quick message,” and OpenAI’s first hardware product was a mini keyboard for Codex users. PCWorld Senior Writer Ben Patterson tested a keyboardless vibe-coding session using ChatGPT Voice with ChatGPT Work and Codex on the desktop app, while folding laundry. The one-hour session started awkwardly, as Patterson struggled to confirm ChatGPT was working in a specific directory and to move up levels in the directory structure, moments when he missed his keyboard most. Eventually, he discovered ChatGPT Voice’s ability to dispatch agents to perform tasks in different projects while talking. He asked ChatGPT to chase down a bug in his Jellyfin streaming-video instance and check the health of his aging Raspberry Pi 3, with agents reporting status updates. There were awkward silences while waiting for agents to finish, prompting Patterson to repeatedly ask “Hey, you still there?” and seek reassurance that background activity was occurring.