Facebook owned instant messaging app WhatsApp is working on a host of new features. After end-to-end encryption for backup chats, the messaging app is now working on a Voice Transcription feature.

As per WABetaInfo report, WhatsApp is working on a possibility to bring a voice transcription feature for its platform. This simply means the app will start transcribing the voice messages when the feature will be rolled out.

WhatsApp Voice Transcriptions feature allows users to transcribe the contents of a voice message which means the users can now turn the content in the voice message into readable format. 

In its official blog post, WhatsApp revealed that the Voice Transcriptions feature will be provided on an opt-in basis, which means that users can transcribe WhatsApp messages only after granting permission.

Besides that, the blog site revealed that users’ messages will not be sent to WhatsApp or Facebook’s server for getting the transcription. However, Apple will provide the service.

This will further help in improving the speech recognition technology in Apple.

”When a message is transcribed for the first time, its transcription is saved locally in the WhatsApp database, so it won’t be needed to transcript it again if you want to see its transcription later,” the blog site wrote.

This feature is being developed for WhatsApp’s iOS-based app and it will be available to beta testers with the text update. However, there is no confirmation for Android devices.

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