Meta-owned WhatsApp is constantly trying to come up with new features and updates with the aim of improving the overall user experience. WhatsApp has announced a new feature that will allow users to transcribe audio messages to text. If you’re wondering why this was necessary, imagine a situation where you’re sitting in a formal setting and receive an urgent audio message. Now you can’t play it in the room, but the message may be important, so you can’t miss it either. In such scenarios, this new WhatsApp feature will help you by converting this voice note into pointers.

WhatsApp said in a press release: “Transcripts are generated on your device so that no one else, not even WhatsApp, can hear or read your personal messages. » It is crucial to mention that at present, it is unclear whether the transcripts will be end-to-end encrypted or not.

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WhatsApp has announced that its Voice Note Transcript feature will be made available to users around the world in the coming weeks. Initially, the feature will only support a limited number of languages, although the company hasn’t specified which ones. Additionally, WhatsApp has not confirmed whether the transcripts are generated using AI technology.

New WhatsApp feature: how to use it

To use the transcription feature, users need to enable it by going to WhatsApp Settings > Chats > Voicemail Transcriptions. Here they can enable or disable the transcription feature and choose the voice note transcription language.

After enabling the feature, users can create a transcription of a voice note by long-pressing the message and selecting the “Transcribe” option from the context menu.

Other new features

Earlier this month, WhatsApp rolled out another handy feature: the ability to automatically save unfinished messages as drafts. This ensures you can easily continue where you left off, with a draft indicator to remind you of incomplete messages when reopening the app.

Make sure to update to the latest version of WhatsApp to take advantage of these new features.