WhatsApp said its Voice Note Transcript feature will be rolled out to all users globally in the coming few weeks.
WhatsApp has announced a new feature that lets users transcribe voice messages into text.
The new feature has been designed keeping in mind those times when users receive a voice note but cannot listen to it as they are on the move or in a loud place.
“Transcripts are generated on your device so that no one else, not even WhatsApp, can hear or read your personal messages,” the Meta-owned messaging giant said in a press release on Thursday, November 21. It is unclear if this means that the transcriptions are end-to-end encrypted.
WhatsApp said its Voice Note Transcript feature will be rolled out to all users globally in the coming few weeks. However, it will only support a few languages to start with. The company did not mention which languages would be supported by the feature. It also did not confirm if the transcripts are generated using AI.
How to use WhatsApp’s transcript feature?
First users will have to enable the transcript feature by going to WhatsApp Settings & Chats > Voice message transcripts. Here, users can toggle the transcription feature on or off. They can also select the language in which the voice notes must be transcribed.
Once the feature is enabled, users can generate a transcript of a voice note by long-pressing on the message and tapping ‘Transcribe’ from the menu that pops up.
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