Months of waiting, voice message transcription is finally coming to WhatsApp. After a beta testing phase, this feature is now available to everyone. But beware, it is not yet accessible on all devices.
THE voice messages have become a way of communication inevitable. They offer a quick alternative to writing long texts. However, their use can sometimes represent problem : not in traffic, at work or in meetings it is not always possible to listen audio message. To meet this need, WhatsApp now allows convert the second in the text readable directly in the application so that their content can be accessed at any time, even without listening to them.
We already told you about it last March when traces were spotted in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android. At that time, we talked about the imminent arrival of this feature to this OS, although it already was available for almost a year on iOS. Today, transcription of voice messages leaves this stage to become accessible into one a much wider audience.
WhatsApp is deploying voice transcription in French, but for now only on iOS
With this new feature, voice messages can be converted into readable text directly in the application. A particularly useful enhancement for those who cannot immediately listen to the message. WhatsApp says everything is done locally on the device : neither their voice content nor their transcriptions leave your phone. It guarantees that confidentiality Thanks end-to-end encryption.
To activate this feature, you need to go to settings and then to “ Discussion ” and activate “ Transcription of voice messages “. The user can also select a language transcription, but this option remains for now limited to Android.
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If there is a voice transcription available in Frenchit remains for now limited on the device iOS. Android users will still have to wait until they can use it. During the beta last March, it was discovered that a 150 MB update was required to activate the functionality on this OS. That could explain the delay. However, WhatsApp has confirmed that more languages and devices will be supported in the following months.