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Twitter starts rolling out audio tweets on iOS

Posted by cfabbro
Tags: social media, ios, twitter, accessibility, moderation, audio, features, author.chris welch, source.the verge, short read
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/17/21294481/twitter-audio-tweets-now-available-iphone-ios

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Authors
Chris Welch
Published
Jun 17 2020
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343 words

4 comments

  1. [4]
    moocow1452
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    I don't get it. Is Twitter getting into podcasts now? Or are we just using Twitter for voice memos now since TikTok has the market cornered on video?

    I don't get it. Is Twitter getting into podcasts now? Or are we just using Twitter for voice memos now since TikTok has the market cornered on video?

    1 vote
    1. [3]
      teaearlgraycold
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      This seems to take inspiration from Wechat’s audio messaging. I can’t say I like the feature on Twitter. In general I prefer to read content so I don’t need to get out headphones.

      This seems to take inspiration from Wechat’s audio messaging. I can’t say I like the feature on Twitter. In general I prefer to read content so I don’t need to get out headphones.

      2 votes
      1. tomf
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        I'm with you. I've got a group chat in whatsapp where two people are constantly doing voice messages. At least with iOS there's a speach-to-text jailbreak that is serviceable --- but on desktop...

        I'm with you. I've got a group chat in whatsapp where two people are constantly doing voice messages. At least with iOS there's a speach-to-text jailbreak that is serviceable --- but on desktop it's no annoying.

        The world has moved on from voicemail.

        3 votes
      2. NaraVara
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        In the rush to ad-tech up the internet, they're making their websites harder and harder to read on the DL while at the office.

        In general I prefer to read content so I don’t need to get out headphones.

        In the rush to ad-tech up the internet, they're making their websites harder and harder to read on the DL while at the office.

        2 votes