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Deep</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/whatsapp-introduces-transcripts-for-voice-messages/article68896888.ece" ><div class=" picture"><img src="https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/sci-tech/technology/rs68ib/article68896880.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/454439424_1017593256482398_3651231210910483627_n.png" data-original="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/sci-tech/technology/rs68ib/article68896880.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/454439424_1017593256482398_3651231210910483627_n.png" data-device-variant="SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="WhatsApp said in its blog that transcripts would be rolled out over the coming weeks" title="WhatsApp said in its blog that transcripts would be rolled out over the coming weeks" class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="right-content"><h3 class="title 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