CHENNAI:
Twitter has unveiled its latest test feature - the voice tweets - and Indian Paralympic athletes
Niranjan Mukundan and
Devendra Jhajharia are making full use of it. The two shared how they are turning the tables on COVID-19 limitations that have brought sports to a halt and disrupted their regular training sessions.
Niranjan (@SwimmerNiranjan), para-swimmer and former junior World Champion, whose swimming prowess is known to all, is choosing to swim with the current and look at the brighter side of this
lockdown
experience. He is eating healthy and training at home; focusing on strength and conditioning, weight workouts and cardio. On the opportunity to share his experience using voice Tweets, Niranjan said, "The voice Tweets will help everyone, especially the para-athletes. We have our own limitations when we have to type out a message. This feature is going to help us in expressing our views and words through our voice. It also lifts the barrier on the limited number of characters that we can capture in a Tweet. Kudos to Twitter for introducing this cool feature."
Twitter introduced voice Tweets experiment to test a new way to start a conversation. On iOS, people can now Tweet with their voice by following a few simple steps: hit compose Tweet, record audio, and attach it to the Tweet, that’s it. This new test allows people to create a more human experience.
Jhajharia, two-time Paralympic gold medallist javelin thrower, also spoke about finding new ways to carry on. With limited access to the outdoors, he is reinventing his training sessions with the resources available to him at home. For instance, he is incorporating the use of makeshift equipment such as gas cylinders in his training regime. In his voice Tweet, the 38-year-old also recalled his 12-year-long wait for his second gold medal win at the Paralympics and added that he is all set to wait another year for the Tokyo Olympics, which has been postponed.
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