Potok transcribes Russian speech; this site has been translated into English for convenience.
Potok (potok.now) places punctuation and capital letters automatically, so you do not need to say “zapyataya” (comma) or “tochka” (period). 1C:Document Management has a separate auto-replacement of punctuation marks during dictation, but turning on voice input there and in 1C:Enterprise is a separate setting, not a ready-made button. Through Potok you get about 900 characters per minute.
In 1C, in medical programs and in legal programs, voice input and its punctuation are arranged differently: in some it is a built-in service of the platform, in others only a third-party integration, and in some there is no dictation at all. Let us go through what the documentation confirms and what Potok does.
Where people most often go wrong with punctuation in 1C, medicine and law
- They think that with Potok you have to say “zapyataya” (comma) or “tochka” (period). You do not: it places punctuation and capital letters itself.
- They mix up manual punctuation commands with automatic placement without them. For Russian these are different things: Windows help has no language restrictions for automatic punctuation, while Apple's official list does not include Russian.
- They think that in 1C voice input is a ready-made button in any form. In fact, in 1C:Enterprise it is the “1C:Speech Recognition” service, available from the platform's built-in language since version 8.3.23. A developer has to build it into the form of a specific application. It is already done in 1C:Document Management.
- They do not know that in 1C:Document Management there is a separate auto-replacement of punctuation marks and special characters during dictation. This is specific to that configuration, not a property of the 1C platform as a whole.
- They assume that 1C:Accounting has the same dictation as 1C:Document Management. According to the documentation, 1C:Accounting has no built-in dictation.
- They confuse voice search in the online version of Garant (the microphone icon in the search bar) with dictating text into documents. These are different functions, and the documentation has no explicit confirmation of Russian for voice search; it follows only from the examples of queries.
Detailed breakdowns are on the pages voice input in Garant and voice input in 1C:Document Management.
Check before sending
- Determine the way of dictating: built into the program itself (if it exists and is turned on), built into Windows or macOS, or a separate voice input app.
- If it is the built-in dictation of Windows or macOS, open the official table of punctuation commands for your language. For Russian, such commands are documented in both systems.
- If you dictate on a Mac in Russian without saying punctuation commands, proofread the text separately: Apple's official list of languages with automatic punctuation does not include Russian.
- In 1C, ask the system administrator whether the “1C:Speech Recognition” service is set up for your form; by default it is not turned on.
- If you dictate through Potok, you do not need to check punctuation commands separately, because it places the marks itself.
Where Potok is not needed here
Punctuation is something you can stop thinking about with Potok: it places marks and capital letters itself, whether it is 1C, a medical system or a legal database.
Potok is a cloud service, and recognition runs on servers in Russia; it does not work without the internet. It has no voice commands at all, neither for punctuation nor for anything else; it only turns speech into text. It has no offline mode and no phone app: it is a desktop program for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Frequently asked questions
No. According to the Medesk documentation, the system has no built-in text dictation, unlike some other programs in this selection, for example 1C:Document Management, where voice input exists and can automatically replace punctuation marks during dictation.
Dictation pays off most for long texts written in one go, such as email drafts, notes, messenger replies and lecture notes, and also when your hands are busy or tired (for example, with RSI). For short precise edits (one-word commands, code) typing is often faster.
Any microphone the system sees as a recording device will do. In Potok you choose it in the app settings or in the tray icon menu; system access to the microphone is required.
Potok states about 900 characters per minute by voice versus about 200 when typing, roughly 4 times faster. This is the product's own estimate, not an independent measurement.
Yes: Windows has built-in voice typing via Win+H (Russian only in Windows 11, Windows 10 has no Russian; it does not work without the internet), and the Mac has system dictation in the keyboard settings. Both are free.
Built-in system tools (Win+H in Windows, Dictation in macOS, Voice Typing in Google Docs, Gboard on Android), voice browser extensions, and specialized desktop and web services (Potok and similar) that work on top of any app via a hotkey.
Check it in one evening
Install Potok, dictate what you usually type and compare. 14 days of full access, no card needed. Potok is a cloud service: speech is recognized on servers in Russia, and it does not work without the internet.
Download PotokA voice message from a messenger or a call recording can be forwarded to the bot @potok_now_bot, and it sends back the text. The bot is part of the same subscription as the Potok app.
Built-in dictation and Potok
| Tool | Where it works | Russian language | Where speech is recognized |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows voice typing (Win+H) | Windows 10 and 11 | Windows 11 only | Microsoft cloud, does not work offline |
| macOS Dictation | macOS | yes | on the device or on Apple servers |
| Potok | Windows, macOS, Linux | primary language | cloud, servers in Russia, does not work offline |
| Task | Characters | Typing (200 chars/min) | Voice (900 chars/min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| chat reply | 300 | 2 min | 0.5 min |
| 1500 | 8 min | 1.7 min | |
| post or meeting minutes | 4000 | 20 min | 4.4 min |
| article | 10000 | 50 min | 11.1 min |
Primary sources: support.microsoft.com · support.apple.com · www.apple.com