I hate it when i get a voice message from my family through whatsapp.

Reading stuff is so much quicker.

One college asks me if i have time to do a short video chat for the update i need; The coordination take sprobably a higher effort then just writing it down.

The product provides searchable transcriptions.

The core feature/idea/thought on this product is still a voice message.

Otherwise you can just use whatever you have used already anyway.

Having something like this as main feature, means thats the default. In my opinion therefore not a good tool.

All the "crap, I got the answering machine instead" anxiety multiplied by also having video to worry about.

That it is intentional does not really help, because you still have to deal with the inherent awkwardness of not knowing if your tone and message come across correctly in a one-way conversation without feedback.

Wonder if you could set up a chat system that only starts PMs on the hour. So if a conversation has no interaction for more than two minutes, it "dies" and you need to wait until the next full hour to restart it.

I think there’s something different about real time conversation (whether typed or spoken) for certain problems, especially ones that just need to be solved ASAP with a good enough solution.

Too much overhead or something with asynchronous communications, or having to “spin” up your thoughts regarding the issue every time feels taxing. As opposed to a quick back and forth chit chat that addresses any concerns that come to mind and then closing that task out.

To me, most of the benefits of async communication go out the window when you require me to listen (or watch) it as if it were synchronous.

Putting in some effort on the sending side to express your thoughts as text makes things a lot more flexible for the receiver, and pays off big when you want more than one person to consume it.

The product provides searchable transcriptions.

It's the second heading, right at the top when you click the link - "Cut down on meetings & calls with voice messages, searchable transcriptions & async screen sharing"

Ah, cool, assuming the transcriptions are high quality. I was speaking more generally, not about this specific product, but it's nice that they see the value in text as well.