With 2 billion active users, WhatsApp is undoubtedly one of the most popular instant messaging applications in the world at present. With so many users, the application is constantly seeking to improve with regular updates and the frequent addition of new features.
While voice messages are increasingly acclaimed by users, WhatsApp makes your life easier with the deployment of a new feature: transcription of voice messages you receive. But for Android users, there is a shadow in the blue sky. Indeed, WhatsApp does not (yet) offer transcription in French.
WhatsApp transcribes voice messages (and prefers iPhone users)
Voice messages are extremely practical on a daily basis. This saves time and there is less risk of misinterpretation. But if you are in a noisy environment, that you do not have any headphones or you just can’t listen to the voice messages you have received, it may be a little less practical.
It is for this reason that WhatsApp now offers to transcribe the voice messages you receive. But if you have an Android smartphone, WhatsApp seems to have forgotten you.
Indeed, so far, if WhatsApp transcribes your voice messages, the functionality is not yet available in French for Android users. Only English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian can be transcribed. If you want to try, it will give a (very) wacky transcription.
On the other hand, WhatsApp pamper the owners of iPhone. If you are under iOS, the transcription of vocal messages in French is available. Other languages are also accessible, such as Japanese, Korean and German.
Of course, the transcription of voice messages on WhatsApp does not promise to be perfect and exact each time. Depending on the recording conditions or diction of the interlocutor, there may be missed. But you will have the essentials.
How to transcribe voice messages on WhatsApp?
You will see, it’s a breeze.
- Open the WhatsApp application
- Go to “parameters”
- Select “discussions”
- Activate “Transcribing voice messages”
- Choose the transcription language
- To transcribe the voice message, press it for a long time then click on “Transcribing”
All you have to do is wait for the deployment of other languages for Android users. We imagine that Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, will soon add the French so that everyone can benefit from the transcription of their vocal messages.
