Can you please add transcription to vocal messages in messaging apps?

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I know that there are employees of big tech companies lurking around here. I have a feature request.Can you please add the ability to see the transcript of a vocal message on messaging apps like Teams, Signal, Telegram, Messenger, Discord, Slack, Whatsapp, etc?I know that live transcription is already a thing so it must be feasible, right?This feature would be super useful to see what was said without having to playback a bunch of vocal messages.I had the idea of doing this myself a long time ago but I basically needed to recreate the entire messaging infrastructure just to add this feature. So I donate the idea here.

lowkj · Accepted Answer

100% agree, personally I just prefer typing but seems like I am not in the majority. I very often receive audio replies to my typed messages and it&rsquo;s very frustrating. 70% of the time, I&rsquo;m not in a position where I can easily listen to the audio vs just reading text. The other 30% of the time I&rsquo;m simply annoyed as I do not want to be forced to listen to the audio.

cianmm · Answer

This seems like such an obvious Appley feature for iMessage, especially now that transcription can be done on-device.

trampish · Answer

This would be a big step forward in improving accessibility for the hard of hearing.

zwog · Answer

There are several Telegram bots for this. But of course very questionable in terms of privacy. I had the idea to write one myself, I found an open source project to host it myself, but I don't remember the name.Fortunately, the voice messages have largely stopped with my contacts, so I didn't pursue it any furth

solarkraft · Answer

Please. It&rsquo;s so (seemingly) obvious that I don&rsquo;t understand why it&rsquo;s not a thing yet. These people aren&rsquo;t idiots, are they? This is obvious, isn&rsquo;t it? Is it organizational failure? Or is the technology really, actually, not there yet?

peterhi · Answer

Oh yes, I've forgotten things and looked at my phone and gone "I know it's on here, which app was it?" Make all the messages texts searchableAnd whilst we are at it: TRANSCRIBE THE PHONE CALLS TOO!!!

juusto · Answer

I would love the opposite: text messages that can be go from text-to-speech. Specially useful when doing chores and those long threads some people write. Or one of those busy groups where everyone is saying something. Just hit play and let the phone read them all. (I use WhatsApp)Or is this a feature I am unaware on phones?

ximeng · Answer

Wechat has this feature

maerF0x0 · Answer

Twilio has a few ways to do this, including audio that streams through Twilio.https://www.twilio.com/speech-recognitionDisclaimer: I work for twilio, but am not representing them in this post

ksec · Answer

May be this should be an OS feature rather than a Per App feature?I wish they could transcribe my Voice Mail too. Whenever I have a voice mail, auto call the mail box and transcribe it for me. 99% of it are junk. But just in case there is one real voice message.

paxys · Answer

FYI Slack does this already for all uploaded audio & video clips, and it works great.

mbesto · Answer

Isn't this a privacy issue with E2E encryption?

filipeisho · Answer

Zenly also has this feature

an21mm · Answer

zenly lets you do it already

olaola2 · Answer

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Can you please add transcription to vocal messages in messaging apps?

This seems like such an obvious Appley feature for iMessage, especially now that transcription can be done on-device.

This would be a big step forward in improving accessibility for the hard of hearing.

Please. It’s so (seemingly) obvious that I don’t understand why it’s not a thing yet. These people aren’t idiots, are they? This is obvious, isn’t it? Is it organizational failure? Or is the technology really, actually, not there yet?

Oh yes, I've forgotten things and looked at my phone and gone "I know it's on here, which app was it?" Make all the messages texts searchable
And whilst we are at it: TRANSCRIBE THE PHONE CALLS TOO!!!