I recently told @eriktorenberg I can't stand listening to podcasts, interviews, etc but I really love getting short voice recordings from friends. Seems like this would be a fun place to play with it.
@nayafia someone tell nadia how much she's missing out by not listening to podcasts.
this looks really neat, tho i wonder what makes it that much better than iPhone voice memos. I send those all the time and friends love them.
(What's interesting is that those same friends hate voicemail, but love audio messages.)
@nayafia@eriktorenberg Nadia, you're missing out on podcasts ;) Cracked and the Economist are ones I recommend
And yeah, wondering about the differentiation from iOS voice memos
Also my VM says, don't leave me a VM ;)
@eriktorenberg@anarghya503 If I had transcripts of podcasts I'd be listening (reading) to them all day!
That was my first reaction too (seems to be a need being served with native iOS), curious how it will play out for their community. And good point on voicemails...why is that?!
Good question! Some guesses:
- Just the stigma around voicemails ... "Hi this Bob from Comcast calling to offer you ..."
- Until pretty recently VM has required IVR "press 7 to delete this message" which is SUPER annoying and that annoyance stuck around
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