How to Post with your voice
We’re currently testing the option to post audio messages on the X for iOS app. This feature makes it easier to post on the go with your voice. We’ve also added automated captions to improve accessibility.
- Tap the post compose icon.
- Tap the voice icon.
- Tap the red record button to begin recording your message, then tap Done when you’re finished.
- You have the option to add post text and/or start a thread with multiple posts. You can record up to 2 minutes and 20 seconds for each individual voice post. If your message is longer than that, it will be automatically threaded up to 25 posts.
- When you’re ready, tap post to send.
When someone you follow records a voice post, playback is available on mobile and X.com with these steps:
1. Navigate to the voice post.
2. Tap/click the voice post thumbnail to start and stop playback.
You can enable captions by adjusting your settings for iOS 13 and above as follows:
Note: This is not the settings page on your X app.
1. Open the settings app on your iOS device from the home
screen.
2. Go to Accessibility, then Subtitles & Captioning
3. Enable or disable the “Closed Captions + SDH” option
Once you have enabled captions on your iOS device:
1. Navigate to the voice post.
2. Tap the voice post thumbnail.
3. A transcript of the voice post automatically appears
overlayed on the voice post thumbnail.
You can enable captions by adjusting your Android settings as follows:
Note: this is not the settings page on your X app.
1. Open the Settings app on your Android device from the
home screen.
2. Go to Accessibility, then Accessibility -> Audio &
On-Screen Text.
3. Enable or disable the Caption preferences.
Once you have enabled captions on your Android device:
1. Navigate to the voice post.
2. Tap the voice post thumbnail.
3. A transcript of the voice post automatically appears
overlayed on the voice post thumbnail.
1. Navigate to the voice post. A CC icon appears at the top
right corner if that post has captions available
2. Click CC on the voice post player.
3. A transcript of the voice post automatically appears
overlayed on the voice post thumbnail.
More about voice posts
- Voice posts will be published as posts with audio attachments that people can play. 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.
- Tapping on someone’s voice post will play the audio message and automatically advance for threaded voice posts on iOS.
- On iOS, when you tap play, it will automatically minimize in an audio dock at the bottom of your screen so that you can continue listening as you scroll through X and when you leave the app.