Here's where Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces fall short

Social networks such as Twitter are competing with startup Clubhouse by launching their own live audio products. Getty Images On Thursday, Jeremy Browning, a Twitter product manager, gave the public a behind-the-scenes look at a new feature the company built for live audio chats. Not everyone, though, could understand what he was saying.Fittingly, Browning hosted the conversation on Spaces, Twitter’s live audio product. The audio chat tool has live captioning, a feature meant to help hearing-impaired people. Twitter users trying to follow the conversation solely through the captions likely had a tough time deciphering Browning’s words. Cut through the chatter Subscribe to CNET’s Mobile newsletter for the latest phone news and reviews. “I was sort of by virtue of being employed and Twitter able to see and you Spaces before the war the water public was a small percentage of the pop quiz,” a live caption of Browning’s remarks in the Twitter Space read. Browning actually told the audience that as a Twitter employee he was able to see new Spaces before a small percentage of the public was. Midway through the conversation, held on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, other problems popped up. Listeners could no longer hear what Browning was…
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