Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Telegram is now letting anybody use its voice transcription function.
- Nevertheless, not like Telegram Premium subscribers, non-premium customers nonetheless don’t have limitless entry to it.
Telegram rolled out an replace on Thursday with a variety of new options. One of the crucial helpful modifications is the voice transcription function coming to all customers.
The messaging platform has provided the Google Messages-like audio transcription function since 2022. Nevertheless, till now, it was restricted to Telegram Premium customers. The function permits customers to get a transcription of any voice or video messages obtained on Telegram. It’s useful in conditions the place you possibly can’t hearken to audio out loud, like in a gathering.
Telegram’s voice transcription function may even translate audio into completely different languages earlier than offering a transcript. Nevertheless, the platform has added a caveat with the broader availability of the function. Non-premium customers can solely convert as much as two messages per week into textual content. Telegram Premium members will nonetheless be allowed limitless voice-to-text conversion.
The platform additionally notes that the function will roll out “step by step” and might not be accessible all over the place instantly.
Different new Telegram options
- Comparable channels: Telegram customers will now see an inventory of public channels which might be much like those they be part of.
- Reposting tales: Customers can now repost tales with further content material like textual content, audio, or video from their mates and favourite channels to their web page.
- Video messages on tales: Customers can now complement a narrative with a tiny video message for added context.
- Profile colours: Telegram Premium customers can customise their profile pages with new coloration combos and logos.
- Wallpapers for each side: Premium customers can now set a wallpaper for each side of the chat, i.e., for themselves and the particular person they communicate with.
- Story stats: Channels can now monitor the progress of their tales with detailed stats like story views, shares and reactions, and extra.
- Customized Reactions for Channels: Admins of a Telegram channel can now add customized emojis and take away particular emojis.
