Voice AI for jobsite estimating: a developer perspective The problem on the ground Last summer, I spent a week on construction sites observing how estimators work. What struck me most wasn't the complexity of calculations—it was how much time they waste toggling between paper, phone, and clipboard. A typical site assessment for a plaster job takes 90 minutes, of which 60 are spent writing, photographing, and later transcribing measurements into a spreadsheet. For construction SMBs, this friction costs real money. A team of 5 estimators burning 15 hours/week on admin doesn't scale. Voice AI could eliminate that waste—but only if it's built for jobsite reality, not for a quiet office. Why voice is the right interface for construction Construction estimators operate in an adversarial environment: dust, gloves, bright sunlight, interruptions. Typing on a phone is biomechanically incompatible with climbing a ladder while holding a laser meter. Voice is the native interface for a construction site.…