LINE launches a new "STT speech-to-text" function that can check suspicious voices and false messages!

In recent years, the Internet has become the main channel for most people to receive new knowledge. However, there are all kinds of false information hidden in social communication software such as LINE among communities. Some false and false information may lead to many people being deceived. In addition to avoiding easy sharing and forwarding of unverified information, you should also pay attention to whether the source of the news is reliable. However, some voice messages circulated among LINE groups or communities are often more likely to be deceived because of the recording of spoken words. Now LINE has launched a new “STT speech to text” function to make LINE message verification more powerful!

LINE launches new STT voice-to-text feature to check suspicious voices

In recent years, fake news has been circulating among online communities. In addition to the most basic text messages, it has also evolved into text-based pictures and link-type fake messages. In recent years, some users have even received suspicious voices on LINE. Since voice messages are often in a tone that sounds ordinary, it is easy for many people to lower their guard and believe the content to be true.
LINE message verification has entered its fifth anniversary and announced the launch of the STT (Speech to Text) function. When users receive suspicious voices on LINE, they can upload the suspicious voices to the official LINE message verification account, and then a third-party professional verification partner will check and respond with the results. This new feature also allows LINE message verification processing items to include text, links, text-based images and voices (currently only Mandarin is supported in the first phase), responding to an average of 600-930 suspicious voice verification requests per month. This is also LINE’s first market-oriented STT application case in Taiwan.

The LINE message verification ranking of the most popular false information was also announced simultaneously. Calculated from January 2020 to May 2024, you can see that the following Top 10 are “false information” mainly related to epidemic prevention and AI. Don’t believe it:

How to use LINE voice verification? Read on for a step-by-step tutorial!

So how can LINE users reduce the chance of being scammed? First, change “LINE message verification“Add the official account as a friend, then open the chat room and click the microphone icon to enable the voice message function. The suspicious voice message content can then be recorded and transmitted. Of course, users can also share voice messages from other groups or communities here, and they can quickly complete the verification action.

When a user sends a suspicious voice message to LINE, wait a few seconds and LINE message verification will reply with the content analyzed by the assistant and speculate whether the message may contain false information. At this time, you can click the “Share with friends” button to share this false message with more people to increase everyone’s alertness to this false voice message.