WhatsApp will allow voice messages to be transcribed in the coming days

WhatsApp users will be able to transcribe audio messages, as Mark Zuckerberg announced this Thursday on his channel. In particular, the founder of Meta demonstrated his desire to “incorporate this experience, improve it and make it more flexible.” It is currently known that reading voice files starts in several languages, including Spanish, as well as English, Portuguese and Russian. To activate this feature, you need to go to Settings, then Chat, and finally select the option. Transcription of voice messages.

However, this long-awaited functionality will gradually reach terminals in the coming weeks, without haste or pause.

Once this tool is available, people interested in transcribing a voice message should long press the message and then tap the “transcribe” option. Decryption is then performed on the device, so private voice messages remain end-to-end encrypted. That is, absolutely no one except the user himself – not even WhatsApp – will be able to see, listen to or read them.

WhatsApp sources, accustomed to delivering surprises every quarter, explained in a statement that “voice messages allow you to connect with friends and family in an even more personal way.” However, in many cases we are in a meeting, in the middle of an event in a noisy place, or receive a long voice message and simply cannot stop to listen to it. Given these use cases, the messaging platform allows users to engage in conversations no matter what they are doing.

As is common with Meta’s messaging service, the platform will display read receipts for voice messages based on the configuration enabled in your privacy settings.

Transcribing voice messages may take several seconds.but an error may also be logged, usually caused by one of the following reasons: the transcription language settings do not match the voice message language settings; some words may not be recognized due to background noise; or the voice message language is not supported.