WhatsApp on Thursday announced the introduction of a transcription feature for voice messages. The feature will assist users in noisy areas to view the content of a voice message in text format.
Meta, parent company to WhatsApp, disclosed that transcripts will be available in a variety of languages based on the user’s operating system adding that it will roll out the feature across different countries of the world
This service wants to “help you keep up with conversations no matter what you’re doing.”
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The new function will convert audio notes into text. To activate the function, “You can transcribe a voice message by long pressing on the message and tapping on Transcribe,” the company said in a statement to teach users how to activate it.
The company plans to enhance the feature and improve its performance. Transcription is rapidly becoming an essential component of communication technology, but many apps still struggle with accuracy.
Transcription is rapidly becoming an essential component of communication technology, but many apps still struggle with accuracy.
Supported languages by this emerging service on iOS 16, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Chinese and Arabic while Danish, Finish, Hebrew, Malay, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish and Thai are supported on iOS 17. Also, English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian are supported on Android.
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Last week, Meta dominated headlines to address an antitrust lawsuit instituted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The lawsuit alleges that Meta has maintained a monopoly in the social media networking industry by acquiring platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp.
The transcription feature is anticipated to rival Apple’s, a top gadget company that acquired a transcription app and planned to introduce auto-generated transcripts for their podcast apps.