Potok transcribes Russian speech; this site has been translated into English for convenience.
To get a voice message transcription in a Word file, open the settings in the @potok_now_bot bot with the /settings command and choose the DOCX file format. The bot sends a long text as a file in this format, and a short recording comes as a message. The bot transcribes 60 minutes a month for free, and dictation is done by the Potok app (potok.now).
You need the transcription not as a message in a chat but as a file for Word. The Potok Telegram bot @potok_now_bot sends long transcriptions as a file, whose format, TXT or DOCX, is chosen in the settings.
How to get a voice message transcription in a Word file
- Open the chat with the bot and send the /settings command.
- In the settings choose the file format: DOCX or TXT. For Word choose DOCX.
- Send the bot a voice message, a video note, an audio or a video to transcribe.
- If the recording is long, the transcription comes as a file in the chosen format. A short recording comes as a message in the chat.
- If you need the file in another format, press “Other format” under the transcription and choose the one you need from the list.
All transcriptions stay in “My recordings”, so you can come back to them. What else the bot can do is described in the analysis of the transcription bot in Telegram, and other ways of working with voice are collected in the dictation instructions.
If there is no file
The bot sends a long text as a file, and a short recording comes as a message. The file format, TXT or DOCX, is set in the settings.
When the bot will not fit
The bot transcribes ready recordings, while the Potok app dictates text into Word; they have one subscription, for recordings and for dictation. The bot transcribes 60 minutes a month for free, recognizes only Russian speech and does not translate. The Potok app is cloud-based: recognition needs the internet. The bot transcribes recordings on Potok servers in Russia.
Frequently asked questions
A short recording comes as a message in the chat, and the bot sends a long text as a file. The file format, TXT or DOCX, is chosen in the settings with the /settings command.
Yes, the bot has an “Other format” button: through it the text is exported to TXT, DOCX, Markdown, PDF, SRT and VTT. SRT and VTT are subtitle files.
With Potok you can dictate the minutes live, speaking them during or right after the meeting. Transcribing an already recorded audio file of a meeting (a finished Zoom or Telemost recording) is a separate transcription task: such a file can be sent to Potok's Telegram bot @potok_now_bot.
Yes, several platforms have built-in meeting transcription: Zoom for cloud recordings, Microsoft Teams during the meeting, Google Meet on Google Workspace plans. The alternative is to record the sound and process it with a separate transcription service after the call. The Potok app does not do this kind of transcription, it is for live dictation; a call recording can be sent as a file to Potok's Telegram bot @potok_now_bot.
Voice input is real-time dictation: you speak and immediately get text in the active field. Transcription turns an already finished audio or video recording (for example, a meeting recording) into text after the fact. The Potok app handles the first task, live dictation; finished recordings in Russian are transcribed by its Telegram bot @potok_now_bot.
Voice input is real-time dictation into the active text field. Transcription turns an already finished audio or video recording (a lecture, a call, a podcast) into text after the fact, often with diarization (splitting by speaker).
Transcribe your own recording
Forward a voice message, or send a file or a YouTube, VK Video or RuTube link to Potok's Telegram bot, and the text arrives in the same chat. 60 minutes per month for free.
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Transcribe a recording in Telegram
Voice messages, video notes, audio and video are transcribed by Potok's Telegram bot @potok_now_bot: forward it a voice message from any chat, or send a file or a YouTube, VK Video or RuTube link. A short recording comes back as text in the chat, a long one as a file; timestamps and speaker labels can be turned on. The buttons give a short summary, tasks and deadlines, an answer to a question about the recording and export to TXT, DOCX, PDF or SRT. Large files, up to 2 GB, are easier to upload in the bot's mini app, via the Upload button next to the input field. The bot recognizes Russian speech; 60 minutes per month are free.