If someone doesn't want to talk to me, I'd much prefer they just don't talk to me rather than employ an intermediary.

I am just imagining how it would work out in an argument.

between a husband and wife say.

its bad enough when you have done something wrong to upset your better half,

How would they scream and shout at you down the phone if the message went through a chatbot.

How would a chatbot express and convey your emotions at that time. Highy unlikely a chatbot would get that right.

hey chatbot, shout this at my husband. make sure you are really angry with him.

chatbot summarised reply: in a balanced chatbot voice. your wife is really angry with your for cheating on her. you naughty bad bad husband.

might work for some power hungry, domineering manager, demanding action from an employee.

but the general public, no way.

I like people and like the sound of their voices. I can tell what sort of mood people are in when I call them.

humans need to express all their emotions, thats what humans do.

might be handy if you were arrested by the police,

Dear copper, please refer your questions via my chatbot.

your under arrest son.

A friend of mine already does something much like this: she communicates by talking to her phone, which transcribes her messages and sends them as text. She practically never has a live phone conversation, nor writes any messages herself. I'm sure she would take to a system like you describe quite naturally, describing what she wants to say instead of strictly dictating it.

For me, I so rarely make or receive voice phone calls that I would likely not bother setting up such a service even if it were given to me for free; nor do I ever use voice interfaces, if I can help it. I much prefer to write.