Voice transcription refers to the process of converting spoken words into written text. It involves using technology or a human transcriber to listen to recordings of speech and accurately translate it into a written format.
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Facebook's David Marcus took to his, well, Facebook page today to detail a new
voice transcription feature that the company is testing for Facebook Messenger.
Apple today updated its Clips social video creation app for the first time, introducing some minor feature tweaks and improvements.When using Live Titles, which is designed to allow users to add captions to videos
via voice transcription, there's now an option to edit the title by tapping on it.Clips has also gained a new feature that makes it easier to share content with people who have multiple messaging addresses, suggesting the most frequently used address from the list.
And while there's nothing wrong with this — Google's
voice transcription quality has improved — that you have to draw out emoji to respond in silence is a frustrating and unwelcome addition.
A couple of months after surpassing the user base of 500 million users, Facebook Messenger has
added voice transcription feature.
• Tetra,
a voice transcription startup, raised $ 1.5 million in seed funding, according to TechCrunch.
Perhaps the best function is
voice transcription.
Although a noisy bus or subway car may not lend itself to
voice transcription, there are other situations where this is handy.
The notification simply shows who sent the message, and you'll have three options: play
a voice transcription of the message, press a button to reply with a canned message, or record and send a message in return.
The final availability of
the voice transcription feature could encourage more users to start using Facebook Messenger for sending and receiving voice clips.
The rollout of
the voice transcription feature is limited to a small number of users.