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For short conversations, video/voice may be more effective because it's slightly faster.
However, spending the bulk of the day in video/voice conversations is a lot more fatiguing than spending it using text-based communication [EDIT: I'm quite likely mistaken about this, see the followup comments].
I think the people who're not used to text-based communication generally just end up spending less time communicating, and/or work in group environments in physical proximity to others where one can talk occasionally.
Do you have actual data on this? Otherwise I'm very tempted to call typical mind.
On the claim:
It seems that I was wrong.
The following sources contradict me: http://calorielab.com/burned/?mo=se&gr=09&ti=miscellaneous+activities&q=&wt=150&un=lb&kg=68 and http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/Calories_Burned/
Some random Internet comments corroborate me. For instance, scott preston writes at http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/03/stephan-spencer-seo-future-search.html: "In fact speaking takes a lot more energy to than typing does."
I'll look this up more and update if I find more reliable information.
I would expect the relevant factor to be mental, not physical, exertion. Unfortunately that's a lot harder to measure.
btw, I think I can both talk and type for far longer durations than the median world resident. But my typing stamina may be substantially greater than my talking stamina, so I may be expressing typical mind fallacy in the proportional angle.