Text transcription/live captioning on voice chat

Pear
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Text transcription is when you're taking speech and converting it into text (like closed captions, but live). There are several third-party services that could probably work with Discord, but most of them are either a hassle to setup or cost money (putting most disabled users at a disadvantage). It would be amazing if Discord implemented their own version of this to benefit those with hearing loss (like me!) or don't have a headphone and need to join in a voice chat without disturbing their surrounding environment. Also, seeing that Discord has a text-to-speech feature (/tts <message>), I think this is something that the developers can easily do.

Now, for the GUI part, there should be a new button along with the others in the call GUI. The chat could appear as a "pop-out" window and would probably look similar to a regular text chat, but without the option to type in that window. Here's a possible concept (next to the red button):

Additionally, some settings in the Voice & Video would be nice.

I apologize in advance if this was posted to the wrong section, but I felt that it was more of an accessibility feature than a voice chat thing.

TOO LONG DIDN'T READ (TLDR); Live closed captioning on voice chat so I can join in and read what people are saying

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  • belacoros

    Yes please this is sorely needed

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  • znsolomon

    Very much support this!

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  • Not The Brain (They) 🌈🦄

    YES PLEASE!! This would be sooooooo good

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  • AspenLorensen

    Great Idea!

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  • RekaStormborn

    This would be a really great feature for accessibility, and I think a lot of people who don't need it for an accessibility reason would also find it really helpful.

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  • DragonflyFeri

    This should have been a thing from the get go! Inclusivity for everyone especially those who have different needs. <3

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  • vrisrezi

    i would absolutely use this!

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  • TheLeakingPen

    This would be amazing. support. 

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  • Wendles1967 (Wendy, she/her)
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    This seems like an excellent accessibility feature that a large platform like Discord should be providing.

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  • Zwaluw

    This would make voice calls so much more accessible to so many people please implement this!

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  • megging (she/her)

    Absolutely agree!!

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  • Brooke! (they/them)

    I support this! This is an important accessibility concern!!

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  • LadyOurania

    This would be super helpful for me.

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  • myrthe

    support

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  • Macbeth

    Accesibility is a must. We definitely need it.

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  • Nicklaus

    BOOST

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  • G-man

    Yes please

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  • cinnzabunnz

    I see the people of been asking for this for two years now - is there any way we can get this instead of any of the planned NFT projects? 

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  • Gerbo

    A great addition to accessibility in Discord, it would help a great many people. I hope they implement it soon

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  • blaher

    that would be a nice feature for language learning as well

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  • Silva

    I need this

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  • Flauschy

    rly need this, im deaf and im pretty much left out in our games...

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  • Halo Spartan128

    Hopefully, this get's released at some point. Would make for amazing PR for Discord and would be a life changer for deaf people. Also for meetings/schools it definitely would help. 

    Doesn't need to be perfect at first just needs to be good! :)

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  • Mothfia

    Its been years, we need this still!!

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  • 0/0

    Discord will never natively add this. This is simply too computationally expensive to run. However, I did write a bot to do so at https://scripty.org if you're curious. Hopefully this helps someone :)

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  • Ruth Arendse

    Thank you for bringing up the topic . It's indeed an area many in the community are keenly interested in. For those looking for updates or further information, you might find the "SASSA Status Check" useful. Check it out SASSA. Let's hope for more advancements in this area soon!

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  • Ruth Arendse

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  • Tristan ALBERT - Formateur
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    Morning,
    I am an educational coordinator for Arinfo, a professional training and CFA center specializing in digital professions. On a daily basis, we welcome a very large audience to our training courses and Discord has become a central tool in our teaching. Thanks for that !
    I am writing this message because we sometimes support people with disabilities, particularly people who are hard of hearing. We therefore encounter a significant problem during video course sessions and these people have to use impractical third-party tools from their phone to obtain a transcription or subtitle of the conversations.

    We strongly support this idea !

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