Slovak speech to text in Potok is a recommended language, with a published word error rate of 8.4 for the large-v3 model. The number comes from other people's tests, not our measurement. Send voice notes, audio or video to the Telegram bot and check the output before you share it.
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Key facts
- Slovak and Czech are close relatives, so a clip from a speaker who mixes them may be harder to write down cleanly.
- Slovak has a long vowel mark and a soft consonant mark, and missing marks are the quickest way to spot a weak line.
- A score of 8.4 means roughly one word in twelve can differ from a human reference.
- Case endings carry meaning, so a wrong ending changes who does what to whom.
What a transcript looks like
[00:00] Speaker 1: Začnime stretnutie. Najprv prejdeme výsledky z minulého týždňa a potom naplánujeme ďalšie kroky.Meaning in English: Let's start the meeting. First, we'll review last week's results, then plan the next steps.
Written by us to show the script and the layout of a transcript. It is not the output of the recognition engine.
Published quality
| Language | Verdict | Published result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovak (Slovenčina) | Recommended | word error rate 8.4% (large-v3, FLEURS) Canary-1B-v2 paper | Published tests show a low error rate for this language. |
These numbers come from published tests by other people, not from tests by Potok. Your own audio, with its noise, accents and microphone, will differ.
How to do it
- Check the language of the clip. If the speaker slips into Czech, mention it in your notes so you know where to look.
- Send it. Open @potok_now_bot and share the audio, video, forwarded message or link.
- Heavy files. Up to 2 GB are accepted. The Upload button covers the largest.
- Hunt for missing marks. Scan for words that should carry a vowel or consonant mark.
- Read the endings. Check case endings in sentences with several nouns.
- Export. Choose TXT, MD, DOCX, PDF, SRT or VTT.
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Where it works | Telegram bot @potok_now_bot; large files go through the bot's mini app |
| File size | Up to 2 GB |
| Export | TXT, MD, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT |
| Speakers and time | Speaker labels and timestamps can be switched on |
| Languages | About 30 languages with good published results; a few more with warnings |
| Translation | The transcript is not translated into another language |
| Dictation | A separate Potok desktop app lets you dictate text into any program; it recognises Russian speech |
Common mistakes
| Mistake | What happens | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Assuming Czech and Slovak pass as one | Words and endings differ. | Tell the bot's output apart by reading it, and edit toward Slovak. |
| Overlooking missing marks | A word can turn into another valid word. | Search for a few common words and compare. |
| Using 8.4 as our own result | It is published by others. | Cite it as a published figure. |
| Not enabling labels for a panel talk | Speakers merge. | Switch labels on. |
More
See the full list of languages, the tools and the glossary.
Frequently asked questions
What is the published figure for Slovak?
A word error rate of 8.4 for the large-v3 model.
Who measured it?
Other people published it. We did not run our own test for Slovak.
Will Czech words be a problem?
They can be, because the two languages are close, so check any passage where the speaker switches.
Can I send a YouTube link?
Yes, links are accepted along with files up to 2 GB.
Is the transcript turned into English?
No. The transcript stays in Slovak, so if you need another language you must handle that outside the bot.
Sources
Each source was opened by hand on the date shown. Pages change, so open the source if a detail matters to you.
- Word error rate (Wikipedia), Wikipedia · checked
- FLEURS speech dataset (Google, Hugging Face), Hugging Face · checked
- Canary-1B-v2 paper, Table 11 (Whisper large-v3 on FLEURS) · checked
Try it on your own recording
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