WhatsApp Rolls Out Voice Message Transcripts With Support for English and Other Languages

WhatsApp rolled out a brand new characteristic on Thursday that goals to make sharing voice messages extra handy. It introduces voice message transcripts on WhatsApp for Android and iOS platforms, enabling customers to see a text-based transcription of the voice message acquired from others. The characteristic is alleged to turn out to be useful whereas on the transfer or in a loud atmosphere. This improvement comes after WhatsApp just lately launched a drafts label for unread messages in chats and a brand new widget for the house display of its iOS app.

WhatsApp Voice Message Transcripts

In a weblog post, WhatsApp highlighted that voice message transcripts are generated on-device and nobody else can hear or learn the content material of the transcripts. Voice messages nonetheless stay protected by the moment messaging platform’s end-to-end encryption, the corporate emphasised.

The characteristic must be turned on earlier than use. Once toggled, a transcript mechanically seems beneath the voice message within the chosen language. As per the corporate, solely the recipient will have the ability to see a transcript of the voice message and never the sender.

WhatsApp says it at present has assist just for English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian on the Android platform, whereas its iOS app will get assist for a number of extra languages together with Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Thai, Turkish, and Swedish.

How to make use of this characteristic:

1. Open WhatsApp Settings > Chats
2. Toggle Voice Message Transcripts on or off and choose the specified language.
3. Tap and maintain a voice message, then faucet Transcribe.
4. Tap the develop icon within the voice message to disclose extra of the transcription.

WhatsApp says it’d take a second for the transcript to look. If the customers run into the “Transcript unavailable” error, it may be as a consequence of unsupported transcript language, unrecognisable phrases background noise, or unsupported voice message language. The firm additionally advises warning as voice message transcripts have a risk of being inaccurate.