Convert WhatsApp voice message to text: is that possible?

WhatsApp voice messages often come at a bad time. Fortunately, you can convert the audio messages into text. All you need is an additional app and you're ready to go. Here we show you how it works on iPhone and Android smartphones.

Convert WhatsApp voice messages into text - how it works

• You cannot have a voice message displayed as text directly on WhatsApp. For this, an additional app is required, which can do this largely reliably. However, it can happen that individual words are not recognized correctly. However, due to the context of the sentence and the similar sound, in most cases you can easily deduce the right word.
• iPhone: The iOS app Textify turns your voice messages into text messages. Simply "share" the message in WhatsApp and select "Import with Textify". Textify already analyzes your voice message and displays it as text within a few seconds.
• Android: The free Textr app is available for all Android smartphones. Here, too, you "share" the voice message with Textr and after a few seconds you will receive a text.

Tip: secretly listen to WhatsApp voice messages

Unfortunately, the two apps only work really well if the voice quality of the recording is excellent. Otherwise it can quickly become incomprehensible when transcribing. That's why we show you a trick on how you can listen to voice messages on WhatsApp secretly, for example on the bus and on the train:

1. Call up the chat with the voice message and tap the "Play" button.
2. Now you have to hold the cell phone to your ear immediately and in the typical gesture, just like you make a call: the top half with the camera and the loudspeaker thus directly at your ear.
3. Almost all smartphones recognize this and then switch to the telephone speaker. Only you can hear the voice message.

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