“You can Tweet a Tweet. Now you can now Tweet your Voice!
Earlier today, Twitter announced their ability to record audio snippets and attach them to your tweets. The new feature is available first on iOS and launching today for “a limited group of people,” according to the social network service.
Twitter’s Maya Patterson and Rémy Bourgoin said on a blog post today “Sometimes 280 characters aren’t enough and some conversational nuances are lost in translation. So starting today, we’re testing a new feature that will add a more human touch to the way we use Twitter – your very own voice,”
“Each voice tweet captures up to 140 seconds of audio. Have more to say? Keep talking. Once you reach the time limit for a tweet, a new voice tweet starts automatically to create a thread,” Twitter said.
This innovation seems to be widely accepted by lots of Nigerian Twitter users as the iPhone users are seen trolling the Android users in their tweets.
If you’ve got access to it, you’ll see a new waveform icon beside the camera icon when composing a tweet. Tap that, and a red record button appears at the bottom of the screen, which you can tap to start recording your message.
The Voice Note can only be added to original tweets, so you can’t include them in replies or retweets with a comment. Another minor thing to note is that whatever your profile picture is when you record an audio clip will always be attached to that audio tweet. “Your current profile photo will be added as a static image on your audio attachment and will not refresh if you update your profile photo,” Twitter says.
One can listen to audio tweets by hitting the play button. On iOS, Twitter says a dock will appear near the bottom of the app so you can listen to audio tweets and continue scrolling through your timeline.
They’ll also keep playing in the background if you switch to another app.
Audio tweets could pose new moderation challenges for Twitter, and it’s also important to remember the accessibility factor here.
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