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If one is riding in a reasonably sized group, voice is important because the people 5-6 wheels back aren't going to see your hand signal and the people who see the hand signal may not have time to signal by hand either because the hazard is coming by too fast or because they need both their hands to handle their bikes as they and the group move around the hazard.
You do what you can do, but the whole group will hear what you call out, whereas only 2-4 will see your hand signal.