One press, no ceremony
Touch the mic and you are recording. Lift to send, slide to cancel, swipe up to lock so you can talk hands-free.
Voice notes
Say it. Don’t type it.
Half of Iraq talks in voice notes. Ashlonk treats them as the main event: the mic is the biggest button, recording starts the instant you touch it, and the note goes out even when the bar is barely there.
Made for the two-minute story
Sends on one bar
Voice is compressed to around 12 KB per ten seconds. If the network drops, the note waits and goes the moment it returns.
Playback that respects your time
1×, 1.5× or 2× speed; resume where you stopped; the waveform shows the long bits so you can skip the pause.
Encrypted like everything else
Voice notes are sealed on your phone and only opened on theirs. We never hear them — and neither does any transcription service.
Listen privately
Raise the phone to your ear and playback switches from speaker to earpiece automatically. Put it down and it switches back.
Forward, save, reply
Reply to a specific voice note, forward it to a group, or save it to your phone — with the sender’s permission baked in.
Questions people ask
Is there a length limit?
Fifteen minutes per note. Longer than that and, honestly, it is a phone call.
Can I listen before sending?
Yes — swipe up to lock, then tap the stop button to preview. Play it back, trim the start, or discard it.
Do voice notes use much data?
A one-minute note is roughly 75 KB, about the size of a small photo. On weak signal, Ashlonk lowers the bitrate slightly rather than failing.
Will there be transcription?
On-device transcription is in testing so that encryption is preserved. It will be opt-in and will work in Iraqi Arabic first.
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