Little by little, Google Allo is borrowing functions from WhatsApp. Or that it has in turn borrowed from Telegram. And it is that Google is always at the rear when it comes to messaging applications. For this reason, perhaps, Google Allo is not yet one of the most used tools in the world, but it continues to work for this purpose. So much so that, after its latest update, it is now possible to transcribe received audio messages
This function has not yet been seen in WhatsApp except for the help of third-party applications, but it is very useful to check voice messages at work or in another area. Especially when you want to go unnoticed. Well, now Google Allo allows this transcription automatically, to read voice messages on the screen. All you have to do is download the latest version, 25th to be more specific, which is becoming available through the Google Play Store.
Once we have this version of Google Allo on our Android mobile, transcriptions will be active by default. This means that every received voice message ends up being also displayed in text right in the same bubble Without having to do a long press or anything like that.Of course, the transcription can take a couple of minutes from the time the audio message is received until it can be read in the chat. A price to pay to have this automated function.
However, if we do not want to have transcripts of all received audio messages, it is possible to deactivate this feature. To do this you have to access the Settings menu and enter Chats Here you can uncheck the transcription function to make sure that we only receive the audio and not a transcribed message together him.
The quality of the transcripts is not too high. In fact, the texts are shown without any type of grammatical punctuation. Just single phrases recognized in the audio message. The good thing is that Google recognizes expressions like “comma”, “period” or “question mark” so that they are transcribed as the symbols and not like words.Of course, the audio message sounds especially strange if these expressions are inserted between the sentences.
Images via Android Police
