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Facebook begins testing sound clip transcription in Messenger

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/facebook-begins-testing-sound-clip-transcription-messenger' title="Facebook begins testing sound clip transcription in Messenger"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/01/facebook-messenger-voiceclip-iphone6-hero.jpeg?itok=j2zxef6m' />[/url]</p> <p>Facebook (http://www.imore.com/facebook)'s David Marcus took to his, well, Facebook page today to detail a new voice transcription feature that the company is testing for Facebook Messenger (http://www.imore.com/tag/facebook-messenger). The feature will take any sound clip that you send or receive and transcribe its contents in text below the voice clip itself.</p> <!--break--> <p>Marcus points out that, for right now, Facebook is testing the feature on a rather limited basis:</p>

<p>Our plan is to test this feature at a tiny scale for now and we're looking forward to seeing what you think of it before making the experience more widely available.</p>

<p>Sound clips have been a part of Facebook Messenger for quite some time. However, automatic transcription of each message's contents should be a welcome addition for those times where you want preview a message rather than accidentally blaring obscenities from your friends in front of grandma.</p> <p>Source: David Marcus (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155150801660195&amp;set=p.10155150801660195&amp;type=1&amp;theater); via The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/16/7560513/facebook-adds-google-voice-style-transcriptions-to-voice-clips-in)</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-29430"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4269b1f4/sc/4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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