Manual for Group Voice Call over Telegram -Version 2.

On the desktop app

Step 1: Open the app and select the group

Step 2: Tap on the group’s identification

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Step 3: Here you will see details about the group such as members, notifications settings and
more. Tap on the “More” option.
Note: Only “Administrator/Owner” users will see “Add” option activated.

Step 4: Tap the “Voice Chat” option.

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Step 5: Select the way you want to be displayed as a user on the voice chat.
Note: By default the app will select your personal profile to be displayed as the initiator of the
voice chat. The contrary (your own selection) will display the whole group as the initiator of
the voice chat.

Step 6: You will see an interface with three main buttons to “speak/mute the micro” (center),
“leave” the audio channel (right), and (3) enter the “settings” of the voice channel (left). You
only have to tap the “speak/mute” button to be heard or not.

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Step 7: To record voice chat, you may tap “Start Recording” button. An interface will show up
where you should select “Start” button.

Immediately a new interface will show up where you may see the recording signal as started,
as well as the activation of the input level of the microphone.

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Step 8: Return to the group voice interface and you should see the recording signal activated
next to the group’s name, indicating the group voice chat is being recorded. All the members
of the group will also receive a notification of the recording initiation.

Step 9: To leave voice chat, you may tap “Leave” button. An interface will show up where you
should select “Leave” button.
Note: If you initiated the voice call, you should also select “End voice chat”. This action needs
to be executed only by the member who initiated the voice chat (Initiator will be the only
member who can see this option). The rest of the participants will be automatically
disconnected and the voice chat will be close.

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Step 10: To access the recorded group voice chat you should go to the “Send Messages”
channel on the “All chats” tab. An interface will show up where you should see the last
recorded group voice chat at the bottom of the list. With this file you can do all the actions you
can do with any audio file in Telegram (listen, share, or delete).
NOTE: Only the member who initiated the voice chat will see the features explained in this
step.

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On the mobile app
Step 1: Open the app and select the group

Step 2: Tap on the group’s identification

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Step 3: Here you will see details about the group such as members, notifications settings and
more. Tap on the “three vertical dots” option.
Note: Only “Administrator/Owner” users will see “Add Member” option activated.

Step 4: Tap the “Start Voice Chat” option.

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Step 5: Select the way you want to be displayed as a user on the voice chat.
Note: By default the app will select your personal profile to be displayed as the initiator of the
voice chat. The contrary (your own selection) will display the whole group as the initiator of
the voice chat.

Step 6: You will see an interface with three main buttons to “speak/mute the micro” (center),
“leave” the audio channel (right), and (3) the “speaker” option of the voice channel (left). You
only have to tap the “speak/mute” button to be heard or not.

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fciudad@uci.cu
Step 7: To record voice chat, you may tap on the “three vertical dots” option of the Voice Chat
interface (not the same option of the Main interface of Telegram). Immediately a menu will be
displayed and you should select the “Start Recording” option. An interface will show up where
you should name the file to be record and select the “Start” button.

Step 8: Automatically the app will return to the group voice interface and you should see the
recording signal activated next to the “Voice Chat” name, indicating the group voice chat is
being recorded. All the members of the group will also receive a notification of the recording
initiation.

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Step 9: To leave voice chat, you may tap “Leave” button. An interface will show up where you
only have to tap the “Leave” button.
Note: If you initiated the voice call, you should also select “End voice chat”. This action needs
to be executed only by the member who initiated the voice chat (Initiator will be the only
member who can see this option). The rest of the participants will be automatically
disconnected and the voice chat will be close.

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fciudad@uci.cu
Step 10: To access the recorded group voice chat you should go to the “Send Messages”
channel on the “All chats” tab. An interface will show up where you should see the last
recorded group voice chat at the bottom of the list. With this file you can do all the actions you
can do with any audio file in Telegram (listen, share, or delete).
NOTE: Only the member who initiated the voice chat will see the features explained in this
step.

Prof. Dr. Febe Angel Ciudad Ricardo

12 April 4th, 2021 University of Informatics Sciences (UCI), Havana, Cuba
fciudad@uci.cu