A new iMessage app lets you quickly transcribe them.
“Apple’s Speech recognition APIs make it super simple to do any form of speech to text.
Never Ending Story
Voice messages are only getting more popular.
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For the sender, it’s easy to see the appeal because you don’t have to punch in.
You just press a button and talk.
The trickiest part is finding the audio file linked to the voice message.
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For the person receiving the message, there are two possibilities.
Or you hate it for the same reasons.
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There’s probably nothing more efficient in terms of communication bandwidth than having an actual conversation with somebody.
But voice messages are the opposite.
They might be one of the least efficient ways to communicate.
Even if you like listening to never-ending voice messages, transcription is handy.
Unfortunately, right now, Scusi is Mac-only.
Then voicemail will finally be officially non-annoying.
