Potok transcribes Russian speech; this site has been translated into English for convenience.
In the official Windows voice input table for Russian, there is only one currency phrase: "znak dollara" (dollar sign, $). There is no separate command for the ruble, euro, pound or yen. Potok (potok.now) does it differently: it writes an amount with a currency right away in digits with the sign, with no command: "dvesti pyatdesyat rubley" (two hundred fifty rubles) becomes "250 ₽".
Dictating an amount of money by voice is not the same as just saying a number: you also need a currency sign next to it. The commands here are from the Windows 11 voice input table: Windows 10 has no Russian voice input, and its voice commands exist only in English.
A common mistake with amounts and currency
The most common mistake is to expect a separate voice command for the ruble sign, as for the dollar. In the official Windows voice input table for Russian there is only "znak dollara" (dollar sign, $); there is no phrase for the ruble, euro, pound or yen. If voice input in Windows does not respond to the keyboard shortcut at all, that is another problem, covered in the article why Win+H sometimes does not work.
- "znak dollara" (dollar sign, $): the command is in the Windows voice input table for Russian;
- the ruble sign: there is no command in this table;
- the euro, pound and yen signs: also not in the list for Russian;
- on Mac, in the Currency section there are commands for the dollar, cent, pound sterling, euro and yen, but not for the ruble.
How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows
- Say the number in ordinary words, for example "tysyacha pyatsot dollarov SShA" (one thousand five hundred US dollars). This is our example phrase, not a command from the table.
- To get the "$" sign, add the phrase "znak dollara" (dollar sign) right after the number. This is the only currency command in the official Windows voice input table for Russian.
- For the ruble, euro, pound sterling or yen, there is no separate command for Russian in this table.
- If you need a ready currency sign without commands, for rubles Potok (potok.now) does this: it writes the amount right away in digits with the sign, and "dvesti pyatdesyat rubley" (two hundred fifty rubles) becomes "250 ₽", with no voice command.
On Mac a similar list of commands is called Currency: it has phrases for the dollar, cent, pound sterling, euro and yen, but again none for the ruble. How to turn on voice text typing on a computer at all is explained in a separate guide for a laptop.
When not to count on Potok
Potok is a cloud service: recognition runs on servers in Russia, and it does not work without an internet connection. It has no voice commands at all, not for brackets, not for currency, not for anything else: it just turns speech into text and places signs and digits itself. Potok also has no apps for Android and iPhone. Those who dictate invoices and amounts all working day may find even the free weekly word limit tight, and then a plan without a limit is needed.
Frequently asked questions
No: in the official Windows voice input table for Russian there is only "znak dollara" (dollar sign, $). There is no separate phrase for the ruble, euro, pound or yen.
Potok writes an amount with a currency in digits with the sign by itself, with no voice command: "dvesti pyatdesyat rubley" (two hundred fifty rubles) becomes "250 ₽".
Windows voice input listens to the microphone of the machine where it runs. In an RDP session, your computer's microphone is available to the remote machine only if audio recording redirection is on (in the RDP client: Local Resources, Remote audio, record from this computer). In addition, Win+H on the remote machine needs the internet: recognition runs in the Microsoft cloud.
Win+H (voice typing) is only text dictation into an input field. Voice Access is a separate feature available since Windows 11 22H2: controlling the whole computer by voice (opening an app, clicking, scrolling), not only entering text.
Since built-in Win+H dictation on Windows 10 officially does not support Russian, a sensible alternative is a separate app for voice input in Russian, for example Potok: it inserts text into the active field of any app, including on Windows 10.
Voice Access is a system feature for controlling the computer and entering text by voice, but it officially does not support Russian (the list of supported languages is English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Japanese and Italian). Potok was created specifically for Russian speech and works as a separate app on top of any program.
Try it on your own texts
Download Potok for Windows, macOS or Linux: full access for the first 14 days, no card needed. After that, 2500 words per week for free or Pro for 690 ₽ per month. Potok is a cloud service: speech is recognized on servers in Russia, and it does not work without the internet.
Download PotokOne subscription, two tools: dictation in any program on your computer and @potok_now_bot in Telegram, which transcribes voice messages, audio and video.
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 |
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