• Armand1@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    The TL;DR is that they think it’s because the British…

    • are more reserved.
    • are more conscious of the inconvenience the person receiving a voice note goes through.
    • tend to speak one language and have high literacy in that language.

    Voice notes are better if you’re a fluent speaker but have poor writing skills or are using a second language.

    • mbirth 🇬🇧@lemmy.ml
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      25 days ago
      • are more conscious of the inconvenience the person receiving a voice note goes through.

      Yeah, I don’t get why these 10-minute-monologue people can’t just use the dictation feature instead of recording a voice message. Text I can parse and find the important bits very quickly, a voice note I have to listen to carefully and sometimes even take notes. I hate them.

      • okwithmydecay@leminal.spaceOP
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        25 days ago

        I think we’re looking in this at too much of a functional level. Voice notes can be a momento from a loved one. I wish more of my friends and family used them because one day they won’t be around and I would love to be able to hear their voice again.

    • TheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.club
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      25 days ago

      I only use voice notes to send cutesy messages from the little kids to family.

      I have a friend who nearly always sends voice notes instead of messages. She’s dyslexic, so I know it’s easier for her than writing, but it means that I’ll frequently forget about them and take ages to reply. With voice notes I need a quiet place to hear and process them plus extra time, texts are much quicker and easier to process.

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        24 days ago

        Accessibility is indeed a good reason.

        I will say that the only time I ever used a voice note was to voice something I couldn’t write, like saying something in a funny voice. Usually only a few seconds long.

        In my case it was redoing the YIPPEEEEEE meme 😆.