New voice message transcription feature is being rolled out
WhatsApp, the leading instant messaging app, is back with new features: Its new beta version allows you to transcribe audio.. Does this mean that listening to voice memos will eventually become a thing of the past? And when it comes to new technologies, changes never stop following each other. So, what exactly is this new option?
“With this alternative, WhatsApp aims to significantly improve accessibility and comfort for all users by allowing them to read transcripts of voice messages,” says the WaBetaInfo website, which has access to the new feature. This is exactly WhatsApp beta version 2.24.15.5 is available for Android only.which allows you to enable the voice memo transcription function.
WhatsApp aims to improve accessibility
Let’s not forget that throughout its history, which began in 2009, the application, owned by Target includes various adaptations to improve the user experience. Thus, the application now allows not only sending text messages, but also exchanging photos, videos, audio and documents of almost all types with third parties. And, far from the social level, its use has spread to other areas of people’s lives, such as the work environment.
In particular, the introduction of voice messaging has been one of the company’s most praised measures, which has been a resounding success in allowing verbal communication without the need to call or type on a screen.
Now, This improvement is intended to improve accessibility for people with hearing impairments.and also does not allow us to know the content of a particular message in case there is a lot of background noise around or we are in a place where it is not practical to increase the volume and listen to it. . Similarly, it can also be useful if the voice note is too long. And there are very long audio recordings in WhatsApp.
The ability to decrypt messages remains limited.
However, while there is hope that audio transcription could be available to everyone, “it appears that WhatsApp is currently testing the feature with a limited group of beta testers in some countries.” After a few weeks, the feature will be rolled out to other users of the app, according to WaBetaInfo.
This way, interested parties will be able to download the data package in the available languages, including Spanish, to obtain in written form the content of any voice note sent by WhatsApp.
So, a new feature is coming to the famous application, which has already proven itself to be an almost indispensable tool in people’s daily lives. And the ease of use it offers is the key to its success. Now we will have to wait to see how this new alternative, which the application is gradually introducing, will develop.