You can send a voice message to a person or group in Google Chat and transcribe these voice messages into text.
Send a voice message
Important: If this is the first time you send a voice message to a particular person, they must accept your message request before you can chat with them.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Chat app or Gmail app .
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat .
- In the bottom navigation menu, tap New chat .
- Enter a name or email address, then tap Done.
- When you enter a name or email address, you can get suggestions.
- To start a group DM, add more names or email addresses.
- In the reply area, tap the mic .
- Your voice message begins to record.
- Tap the stop button Send .
- To delete your recording, tap Delete .
View or hide voice message transcription
- On your Android device, open the Chat app or Gmail app .
- In Gmail: At the bottom, tap Chat .
- Tap a conversation, direct message, or space.
- To view the voice message transcript, below the voice message, tap View transcript.
- Sender: Tap below the voice message Show more.
- Receiver: Tap below the voice message View transcript.
- To hide the transcript, tap Hide transcript.