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Voice messages

Record a short spoken message and send it straight into a conversation — handy when typing is slow or your voice says it better.

Security note: Voice messages are end-to-end encrypted, just like your text. The audio is scrambled on your device and can only be played back by the people in the conversation. Letro cannot listen to it.

On Web & Desktop

  1. Open the conversation you want to send a voice message to.
  2. In the message composer at the bottom, find the microphone icon.
  3. Select the microphone to start recording. If your browser asks for permission to use the microphone, choose Allow.
  4. Speak your message. You'll see a live waveform while you record.
  5. To send, select the send button. To throw the recording away instead, select the bin / cancel control before sending.

On iOS

  1. Open the conversation.
  2. In the composer, press and hold the microphone icon to start recording, then keep speaking.
  3. Let go to finish. You can then review the recording.
  4. Tap send to deliver it, or the bin / delete control to discard it before it goes.

On Android

  1. Open the conversation.
  2. In the composer, press and hold the microphone icon and speak your message.
  3. Release to finish recording.
  4. Tap send to deliver it, or the bin / delete control to discard it before sending.

Playing one back

A sent voice message shows in the timeline as a small player with a play button, a waveform, and its length. To listen, select play; select it again to pause. This works the same for messages you sent and ones you received.

Good to know

  • Discard before sending. Nothing is sent until you choose send — if you cancel or delete the recording first, no one sees it.
  • The exact gesture can differ. On some builds you tap the microphone once to start and once to stop, rather than press-and-hold. If holding doesn't start a recording, try a single tap.
  • Microphone permission is required. The first time, your device or browser asks to use the microphone. If you blocked it by mistake, re-enable microphone access for Letro in your system or browser settings.
  • Keep it short. Voice messages are best for quick notes. For anything long or that people need to skim later, a text message or a Letro Call may serve better.
  • It's audio, not a transcript. A voice message plays as sound; it isn't automatically turned into text.

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