Mark Zuckerberg has announced the start of the implementation of voice message transcriptions on WhatsApp, a feature that will allow users to read their voice messages instead of listening to them.
This tool is designed for times when listening to audio is not possible, such as while traveling, in noisy environments or when receiving long messages, offering a quick and easy way to stay up to date without missing important information.
How to activate or deactivate voice message transcriptions in WhatsApp
Voicemail transcriptions are disabled by default and must be enabled manually. Follow these steps:
- Open the Configuration from WhatsApp.
- Tap on Chats.
- Activate or deactivate the option Voicemail transcripts.
- When enabling this feature, select the language in which you want transcriptions to be performed.
Additionally, when you turn on transcripts for the first time, you can tap Start from voice transcription. Then:
- Select the language by tapping Choose language.
- Choose when to download the required language: tap Set up now or select Wait for Wi-Fi.
Privacy and advanced technology
Transcriptions are made directly on the user’s device, preserving end-to-end encryption of voice messages. This ensures that no one, not even WhatsApp, can access, listen to or read the content of the conversations.
“Voice message transcripts are coming to WhatsApp. “Enjoy it!” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this Thursday. And he shared a message with his wife Priscilla, where you can see how the transcription of audio messages works.
Future expansion
Currently, the feature is available in some languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.
With plans to add more in the coming months to improve the experience for users around the world. WhatsApp also promises to continue developing this tool to make it even more fluid and accessible.
From voice message to text
Voice messages are both a blessing and a curse on WhatsApp: for some they are indispensable, sending them in large quantities and for epic durations, while others hate them, preferring the classic and reliable written conversation.
After welcoming audio chat groups, the application is finally ready to introduce a very useful feature such as voice transcription, which converts an audio message into text, ensuring that it will be possible to read it without having to listen to it.
This is very practical if, for example, you are in a very quiet environment or are in a meeting or at the cinema, or for those who have hearing problems. Its operation is quickly explained as follows: once the function is activated from the application’s internal settings, just tap to obtain the transcription, which will certainly not exclude the possibility of listening to the audio later.
This is an option that has already been added in other competing messaging applications, from Telegram to WeChat.
The transcription process is carried out locally on the computer without having to go through the cloud, with the only requirement of downloading a 150 MB package for speech to text conversion. These implementations reflect a growing trend in messaging applications to offer speech-to-text transcriptions, improving accessibility and adapting to the needs of users in various situations.
The voice message to text transcription feature in apps like WhatsApp works by using advanced speech recognition (ASR) algorithms. These algorithms convert the content of an audio file into written text, processing the sound directly on the user’s device to ensure privacy and security. Here I explain the process in detail:
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