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Do you hate voice messages on WhatsApp? Good news!
If some love them, others can’t stand to receive this type of messages. WhatsApp is testing a new feature to turn them into classic text messages.
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A typical voice message that millions of users receive.
If you are one of those who hate receiving voice messages on WhatsApp, this news is for you. Indeed, the Meta group helps the many users who cannot bear to receive such audios, sometimes very long, in the middle of a meeting, in an open space or on public transport. The messaging service has developed a feature that converts an audio message into text.
For once, if you can’t (or don’t want to) listen to the words of your interlocutor, these can turn into transcription of vowels and consonants, reports the site WABetaInfo. The new feature would be in the testing phase in a beta version. It could be installed in a future update, first on IOS and then Android systems. “This is the best news of the week,” says the site. Several languages would also be taken into account.
Popular with young people
Some 7 billion voice messages are exchanged every day on WhatsApp. They are particularly popular among 18-24 year olds, who are more than a third to prefer them, according to a poll carried out last year in Great Britain. It must be said that they are very practical: no need to worry about the wording or the spelling. Also, some feel that they are much more understandable.
It is on the side of the boomers, ie the 55-75 year olds, that the reluctance is the greatest. Only 5% of them use voice and much prefer to type their messages on their keyboard. But the numbers are said to be on the rise and more and more men are getting into it, unlike women who are lagging behind.
To note that whatsapp announced a little over a week ago new possibilities to use its Status feature. It is now possible to save and share voice messages of up to 30 seconds as WhatsApp status.
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