How to set your preferred Siri voice in iOS 14.5
See how easy it is to find and switch to the new realistic-sounding Siri voices that were added to the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and HomePod with iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5.
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WhatsApp is testing three different playback speeds for voice messages
You will soon be able to speed up particularly long voice messages. This feature will also come in handy for those times when the speaker is using too many pauses and “uhms.”
WhatsApp brings VoIP and video calls to desktop
You can now call WhatsApp contacts via mobile or desktop. One-to-one calls are supported at launch, with a group-calling feature coming to WhatsApp Desktop in the future.
How to change Siri’s voice on your Apple devices
See how to change Siri’s voice on your Apple devices. You can use different accents and genders for Siri on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and HomePod.
iOS 14.3 lets you ask Siri to play sounds of animals, vehicles, instruments and more
The old adage that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks does not apply to Apple’s digital assistant, obviously.
You can now text your requests to Alexa for iOS
The new feature is available starting today as a public preview, but it’s currently limited to customers in the United States. To type with Alexa, open the mobile Alexa app and hit the keyboard icon in the top-left corner of the app’s main menu.
Twitter expands voice tweets on iOS, transcription functionality in the works
In order to make voice tweets more accessible to users with hearing and listening problems, Twitter will be bringing automatic tweet transcription to its service in early 2021.
How to share your ETA in Apple Maps with Siri
Let your contacts know exactly when you’ll arrive without taking eyes off the wheel. This short tutorial shows you how to share your estimated time of arrival hands-free on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Twitter is now starting to test the ability to send private voice messages
You may soon be able to record an audio message and send it to another Twitter user privately through the app’s Direct Messages feature.
How to show Siri captions for all spoken text on iPhone and iPad
Follow along with our tutorial if you’d like to turn on handy onscreen captions for all Siri dialogue to verify that you heard the assistant’s response correctly.
How to always show speech transcriptions of your Siri requests on iPhone & iPad
Follow along with our tutorial to learn how to enable real-time Siri transcription of your speech for all requests on your iPhone and iPad, so that the assistant works like in iOS 13.
Keyboard shortcuts for Voice Memos on Mac
You can control the app window and the recordings easily with these handy keyboard shortcuts for Voice Memos on your Mac.
