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In a 2026 preprint, students who typed their prompts were more likely than students who submitted unedited voice prompts to succeed on the first attempt, on two of three problems.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“For two of the three problems, we found that students who typed their prompts using text were more likely to have those prompts succeed on the first attempt than students who submitted unedited voice prompts.”
Say What? Examining Text and Voice Input Modalities for Prompt-Based Programming in Computing Education, Kaitlin Riegel et al., arXiv, 2026, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- Students could switch between typing and speaking while solving Prompt Problems, which are tasks that need a natural-language prompt that generates correct code.
- What it does not show
- A preprint about introductory students and small tasks. It may not carry over to professional developers or longer work.