OPENAI adds a new audio recording and transcription feature for some of its users.
Openai continues to position Chatgpt as a productivity agent. The new mode ” registration “ of the chatbot should allow users to do without a tedious task: that of The transcription in writing of an oral exchange.
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A reserved transcription
Announced on X (Twitter) on July 16, 2025, this new feature is currently reserved for certain users. To benefit from it, the latter must have subscribed to the Chatgpt Plus subscription, available at a price of 23 euros per month and use the macOS application.
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For the moment, Openai has not specified whether, or when, this feature will be extended to the browser, PC or Android version.
Precautions to take
To use this feature allowing chatgpt of “Save, transcribe and summarize meetings, brainstorming sessions and ideas’ exchanges”the chatbot will ask the user Access to a microphone and audio and system access. For the moment, limited to two hours, the transcription starts at the end of the recording with rather convincing results according to our colleagues as Numerama. Legislation obliges, the chatbot will indicate to the user that this function should only be triggered after asking ” beforehand the consent of the persons concerned ». A welcome reminder.
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