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How to Tweet with your voice

We’re currently testing the option to Tweet audio messages on the Twitter for iOS app. This feature makes it easier to Tweet on the go with your voice. We’ve also added automated captions to improve accessibility.

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Tap theВ voiceВ icon.

Tap the red record button to begin recording your message, then tap Done when you’re finished.

You have the option to add Tweet text and/or start aВ threadВ with multiple Tweets. You can record up to 2 minutes and 20 seconds for each individual voice Tweet. If your message is longer than that, it will be automatically threaded up to 25 Tweets.В

When you’re ready, tapВ TweetВ to send.В

When someone you follow records a voice Tweet, playback is available on mobile and twitter.com with these steps:В

1. Navigate to the voice Tweet.

2. Tap/click the voice Tweet thumbnail to start and stop playback.В

You can enable captions by adjusting your settings for iOS 13 and above as follows:В
Note: This is not the settings page on your Twitter app.

В В В В В В В В 1. Open the settings app on your iOS device from the home

В В В В В В В В screen.

В В В В 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:

В В В В В В В В 1. Navigate to the voice Tweet.

В В В В В В В В 2. Tap the voice Tweet thumbnail.

В В В В В В В В 3.В A transcript of the voice Tweet automatically appears

В В В В В В В В overlayed on the voice Tweet thumbnail.

You can enable captions by adjusting your Android settings as follows:
Note: this is not the settings page on your Twitter app.

В В В В В В В В 1.В Open the Settings app on your Android device from the

В В В В В В В В home screen.В

В В В В В В В В 2. Go to Accessibility, then Accessibility -> Audio &

В В В В В В В В On-Screen Text.

В В В В В В В В 3.В Enable or disable the Caption preferences.

Once you have enabled captions on your Android device:

В В В В В В В В 1. Navigate to the voice Tweet.

В В В В В В В В 2. Tap the voice Tweet thumbnail.

В В В В В В В В 3.В A transcript of the voice Tweet automatically appears

В В В В В В В В overlayed on the voice Tweet thumbnail.

В В В В В В В В 1. Navigate to the voice Tweet. A CC icon appears at the top

В В В В В В В В right corner if that Tweet has captions availableВ В В

В В В В В В В В 2. Click CC on the voice Tweet player.

В В В В В В В В 3.В A transcript of the voice Tweet automatically appears

В В В В В В В В overlayed on the voice Tweet thumbnail.

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What Is Twitter & How Does It Work?

Twitter is a blend of social media, blogging, and texting

Twitter is an online news and social networking site where people communicate in short messages called tweets. Tweeting is posting short messages for anyone who follows you on Twitter, with the hope that your words are useful and interesting to someone in your audience. Another description of Twitter and tweeting might be microblogging.

Some people use Twitter to discover interesting people and companies online, opting to follow their tweets.

Why Twitter Is So Popular

Twitter’s big appeal is how scan-friendly it is. You can track hundreds of engaging Twitter users and read their content with a glance, which is ideal for our modern attention-deficit world.

Twitter employs a purposeful message size restriction to keep things scan-friendly: every microblog tweet entry is limited to 280 characters or less. This size cap promotes the focused and clever use of language, which makes tweets easy to scan, and challenging to write. This size restriction made Twitter a popular social tool.

How Twitter Works

Twitter is easy to use as either broadcaster or a receiver. You join with a free account and Twitter name. Then you send broadcasts (tweets) daily, hourly, or as frequently as you like. Go to the What’s Happening box next to your profile image, type 280 or fewer characters, and click Tweet. People who follow you, and potentially others who don’t, will see your tweet.

Encourage people you know to follow you and receive your tweets in their Twitter feeds. Let your friends know you are on Twitter to build up a following slowly. When people follow you, Twitter etiquette calls for you to follow them back.

To receive Twitter feeds, find someone interesting (celebrities included) and press Follow to subscribe to their tweets. If their tweets aren’t as interesting as you hoped, you can always unfollow them.

Go to your account at Twitter.com day or night to read your Twitter feed, which is continually changing as people post. Check out Trending topics to see what’s going on in the world.

Twitter is that simple.

Why People Tweet

People send tweets for all sorts of reasons besides sharing their thoughts: vanity, attention, shameless self-promotion of their web pages, or pure boredom. The vast majority of tweeters microblog recreationally. It’s a chance to shout out to the world and revel in how many people read their tweets.

However, a growing number of Twitter users send out useful content, and that’s the real value of Twitter. It provides a stream of quick updates from friends, family, scholars, news journalists, and experts. It empowers people to become amateur journalists of life, describing and sharing something that they found interesting about their day.

Twitter has a lot of drivel, but at the same time, there is a base of useful news and knowledgeable content. You’ll need to decide for yourself which content is worth following there.

Twitter as a Form of Amateur News Reporting

Among other things, Twitter is a way to learn about the world through another person’s eyes.

Tweets may come from people in Thailand as their cities become flooded. Your soldier cousin in Afghanistan might describe his war experiences; your traveling sister in Europe shares her daily discoveries, or a rugby friend could tweet from the Rugby World Cup. These microbloggers are all mini-journalists in their own way, and Twitter gives them a platform to send a constant stream of updates right from their laptops and smartphones.

Twitter as a Marketing Tool

Thousands of people advertise their recruiting services, consulting businesses, and retail stores by using Twitter, and it works.

The modern internet-savvy user has grown tired of television advertisements. People prefer advertising that is fast, less intrusive, and can be turned on or off at will. Twitter is precisely that; when you learn how the nuances of tweeting work, you can get good advertising results by using Twitter.

Twitter as a Social Messaging Tool

Yes, Twitter is social media, but it’s more than instant messaging. Twitter is about discovering interesting people around the world. It can also be about building a following of people who are interested in you and your work or hobbies and then providing those followers with some knowledge value every day.

Twitter works well with other social tools, including Instagram, Snapchat, and Messenger. For example, if you like a tweet and want to share it on your Instagram Story, tap the tweet, then tap the Share icon and choose Instagram Stories. The tweet will appear as part of your Instagram Story. (This feature is currently supported only on iOS).

Why Celebrities Like Twitter

Twitter has become one of the most used social media platforms because it is both personal and rapid. Celebrities use Twitter to build a personal connection with their fans.

Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres, and Dionne Warwick are some of the famous Twitter users. Their daily updates foster a sense of connectedness with their followers, which is powerful for advertising purposes and also compelling and motivating for the people who following the celebs.

Twitter Is Many Different Things

Twitter is a blend of instant messaging, blogging, and texting, but with concise content and a broad audience. If you fancy yourself a bit of a writer with something to say, then Twitter is a channel worth exploring. If you don’t like to write but are curious about a celebrity, a particular hobby topic, or even a long-lost cousin, then Twitter is one way to connect with that person or subject.

To create a Twitter account, go to the Twitter website or download the Twitter app, then select Sign up or Create account. Enter the requested information, and then verify your account via text or email. Twitter will walk you through setting up your profile.

To deactivate a Twitter profile, go to More > Settings and Privacy > Your Account > Deactivate your account. You can reactivate Twitter within 30 days. After 30 days, your account is deleted.

To hide your tweets from the general public, go to More > Settings and Privacy > Your Account > Account Information > Protected Tweets > Protect My Tweets. To prevent a specific person from viewing your tweets, you can block users on Twitter.

Yes. To change your user name on Twitter in a browser, select More > Settings and Privacy > Your Account > Account Information. Enter your password, then select Username > Change Username.

In a web browser, copy the video’s URL and go to DownloadTwitterVideo.com. To download Twitter videos on iOS or Android, use a third-party app like MyMedia (iOS) or +Download (Android).

Twitter is a publicly traded company run by a board of shareholders. The CEO and majority shareholder is Jack Dorsey, who founded Twitter in 2006.

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Is your smartphone listening to you?

By Zoe Kleinman
Technology reporter, BBC News

It all began with a car crash.

I was doing some ironing when my mum came in to tell me that a family friend had been killed in a road accident in Thailand.

My phone was on the worktop behind me.

But the next time I used the search engine on it, up popped the name of our friend, and the words, «Motorbike accident, Thailand» and the year in the suggested text below the search box.

I was startled, certain that I had not used my phone at the time I had had the conversation — my hands had been full.

Had I started to look the details up later on and forgotten? Or was my phone listening in?

Almost every time I mentioned it to people they had a similar story, mainly based around advertising.

One friend complained to her boyfriend about a migraine, her first ever, only to find the next day she was being followed on Twitter by a migraine support group.

Another had an in-depth chat with her sister about a tax issue, and the next day was served up a Facebook advert from tax experts offering advice on that exact issue.

Many said they were discussing particular products or holiday destinations and shortly afterwards noticed advertising on the same theme.

Community website Reddit is full of similar stories.

One reporter mentioned his male colleague seeing online adverts for sanitary pads after discussing periods with his wife in the car.

But surely if the microphone was activated and the handset was sending data, battery life would be even worse than it is now and individual data usage would be through the roof?

Tech challenge

I challenged cybersecurity expert Ken Munro and his colleague David Lodge from Pen Test Partners to see whether it was physically possible for an app to snoop in this way.

Could something «listen in» at will without it being obvious?

«I wasn’t convinced at first, it all seemed a bit anecdotal,» admitted Mr Munro.

However, to our collective surprise, the answer was a resounding yes.

They created a prototype app, we started chatting in the vicinity of the phone it was on and watched our words appear on a laptop screen nearby.

«All we did was use the existing functionality of Google Android — we chose it because it was a little easier for us to develop in,» said Mr Munro.

«We gave ourselves permission to use the microphone on the phone, set up a listening server on the internet, and everything that microphone heard on that phone, wherever it was in the world, came to us and we could then have sent back customised ads.»

The whole thing took a couple of days to build.

It wasn’t perfect but it was practically in real time and certainly able to identify most keywords.

The battery drain during our experiments was minimal and, using wi-fi, there was no data plan spike.

«We re-used a lot of code that’s already out there,» said David Lodge.

«Certainly the user wouldn’t realise what was happening. As for Apple and Google — they could see it, they could find it and they could stop it. But it is pretty easy to create.»

«I’m not so cynical now,» said Ken Munro.

«We have proved it can be done, it works, we’ve done it. Does it happen? Probably.»

Google responds

The major tech firms absolutely reject such an idea.

Google said it «categorically» does not use what it calls «utterances» — the background sounds before a person says, «OK Google» to activate the voice recognition — for advertising or any other purpose. It also said it does not share audio acquired in that way with third parties.

Its listening abilities only extend to activating its voice services, a spokesperson said.

It also states in its content policy for app developers that apps must not collect information without the user’s knowledge. Apps found to be breaking this are removed from the Google Play store.

Facebook also told the BBC it does not allow brands to target advertising based around microphone data and it never shares data with third parties without consent.

It said Facebook ads are based only around information shared by members on the social network and their net surfing habits elsewhere.

Other big tech companies have also denied using the technique.

Coincidence

There is of course also a more mathematical explanation — the possibility that there is really no connection at all between what we say and what we see.

Mathematics professor David Hand from Imperial College London wrote a book called The Improbability Principle, in which he argued that apparently extraordinary events happen all the time.

«We are evolutionarily trained to seek explanations,» he told the BBC.

«If you see a sign you know is associated with a predator you run away and you survive.

«It’s the same sort of thing here. This apparent coincidence occurs and we think there must be explanation, it can’t be chance. But there are so many opportunities for that coincidence to occur.

«If you take something that has a tiny chance of occurring and give it enough opportunities to occur, it inevitably will happen.»

People are generally more alert to things that are currently occupying them, such as recent conversations or big decisions like buying a car or choosing a holiday, he added.

So suddenly those sorts of messages stand out more when they may have been in the background all the time.

Beautiful

Prof Hand is not immune to the lure of coincidence himself.

When his book was published another author published a very similar title at the same time. The author of The Coincidence Authority, John Ironmonger, shared the same birthday as Prof Hand and was based at the same university as his wife.

«These sorts of things happen,» he said.

«Just because I understand why it happened doesn’t make it any less beautiful.»

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