Twitter has made some improvements to its live audio service — Spaces — to give Hosts the ability to download an audio file from their Space conversations. This update is a big addition and among an overview of the various recent feature updates that it has added to its Spaces option.
Following the @Twittermedia tweets, in order to retrieve the audio, which it has archived for 30 days for potential moderation purposes, hosts will need to download their personal data files, which Twitter will provide for you, on request, via the ‘Your Account’ section in your profile settings.
From the ‘Download and archive’ of your data section, you then tap on ‘Request Archive’ to get a zip file of all the data that Twitter has on you, which will include your Spaces audio.
As you can see in the screenshot above, once you’ve requested your archive, note that it can take up to 24 hours for it to come through. But you will eventually be able to find your Spaces audio in the ‘Data’ folder within the zip.
Andrew Hutchinson of Social Media Today says in a brief overview that Twitter has been working on the audio download feature for the past few months, and will likely, eventually, improve this process, so that hosts don’t have to download all of their Twitter info in order to access the audio file. That could provide more utility, and value for Spaces, with people then able to re-purpose that audio content to expand their audience reach, and boost connection with those who may not have been able to tune in live.
“Of course, there are also potential complexities,” according to Hutchinson, “within such recordings, in ensuring consent for re-use from all speakers.” Twitter is also looking into these concerns, and it will likely, at some stage, add in a consent option of some kind for such purpose, as part of the Spaces usage agreement. Though it is not in there just yet, so where that leaves the host (or creator) on re-use exactly is not entirely clear, but the onus, at least in part, is on the Spaces host to ensure that all speakers are okay with any re-use, particularly for commercial purposes.
As noted in the announcement, outlining recent updates for Spaces, including Space scheduling, the development of the new Spaces tab in the app (which, according to Twitter, is still in testing), the capacity to tune in via desktop PCs, and new options on how pinned and shared tweets are displayed within a Space.
That’s another small, but significant update for the option, which will provide another way to help maximise Spaces reach, and boost awareness of your broadcasts.
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