How to Read Voice Messages on WhatsApp? Voice message transcripts provide a written version of your voice messages. To use this feature, you’ll need to enable it on your device. Once it’s turned on, recipients of your voice messages can view the transcripts, but the sender cannot.
These transcripts are created directly on your device, ensuring that your messages stay private and protected by end-to-end encryption. Even WhatsApp can’t access the content of your voice messages or their transcripts. As for read receipts, they will work according to the privacy settings you have in place.
This functionality is supported on both Android and iPhone devices.
How to Read Voice Messages on WhatsApp?
Voice message transcripts are turned off by default, so you’ll need to enable them to use the feature. Here’s how:
- Open WhatsApp.
- Go to Settings.
- Tap Chats.
- Turn Voice Message Transcripts on or off.
- When enabling transcripts, you’ll also need to select your preferred transcript language.
Alternatively, if you’re setting up voice message transcripts for the first time, you can tap Get Started from the transcription prompt. Then, choose your transcript language and decide when to download the language pack by selecting either Set up now or Wait for Wi-Fi.
Supported Languages:
- Arabic
- English
- Turkish
- French
- Chinese
- Danish
- Spanish
- Russian
- Portuguese
- Thai
- Swedish
- Japanese
- Malay
- Korean
- Italian
- German
- Hindi (Coming Soon)
- Urdu (Coming Soon)
How to see Voice Message Transcripts?
Turn on voice message transcripts on your device:
- Press and hold the voice message, then select Transcribe.
- If the transcription is lengthy, tap the open/close menu to view the entire text.
Transcriptions may take a few moments to load. If you encounter a “Transcript unavailable” warning, it may be because:
- The language setting for transcripts does not match the language used in the voice message.
- There is background noise, making it difficult to understand.
- The voice message is in an unsupported language.
Note: Keep in mind that transcriptions are not always perfect and may contain some errors.
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