{"id":32786,"date":"2022-06-01T23:09:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T23:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/slack-adds-audio-name-pronunciations-to-user-profiles\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T23:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T23:09:02","slug":"slack-adds-audio-name-pronunciations-to-user-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/slack-adds-audio-name-pronunciations-to-user-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Slack adds audio name pronunciations to user profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Getting to know your colleagues can be tricky when working remotely, but Slack is adding a handful of new features to its user profiles that should make things a little more fluid. <\/p>\n
New features include the option to add name pronunciation guides (either by recording audio or adding phonetic spelling); a new pop-up user card UI that appears when you hover your mouse over someone’s name; and reorganized fields in user profiles, which have now been streamlined to three modules: Contact Info, People (which shows who you work with), and About Me (customizable with things like languages \u200b\u200bspoken, start date, etc). <\/p>\n
Here’s what that new UI looks like, with the full user profile card on the left and the pop-up card on the right: <\/p>\n