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TL;DR
- WhatsApp’s voice message transcripts function is lastly rolling out to Android customers on the beta channel.
- It routinely transcribes voice messages and at the moment helps transcriptions in 5 languages.
- The function depends in your gadget’s speech recognition capabilities to offer end-to-end encrypted transcripts.
WhatsApp is lastly rolling out its long-awaited voice message transcription function on Android, over a yr after it debuted on the iOS model of the app. The function is reportedly rolling out to customers on the beta channel, and it at the moment helps voice message transcription in 5 languages.
WABetaInfo stories that the function is obtainable for some customers in WhatsApp beta model 2.24.15.5. In the event you’re enrolled in WhatsApp’s beta program and have acquired the function, you may allow it by heading to the Chats choice within the app settings.
After enabling the function, WhatsApp will immediate you to obtain a language information pack to start out transcribing voice messages, because it depends in your gadget’s speech recognition to offer end-to-end encrypted transcripts. The function will then routinely transcribe voice messages and the transcripts will seem within the chosen language inside the voice message bubble.
As you may see, the function at the moment helps voice message transcriptions in English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, and Hindi. This means that WhatsApp would possibly initially launch the function for Android customers in areas the place these languages are broadly spoken. Nevertheless, because the iOS model helps extra languages, it could attain extra areas at a later date. WhatsApp has not shared any particulars in regards to the rollout, however we count on the function to reach on the steady channel within the coming weeks.
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