Turkish speech to text in Potok is a recommended language, with a published word error rate of 8.4 from the earlier large-v2 model. No large-v3 figure was found. The number is from other people's tests, not our measurement. Send voice notes, audio or video to the Telegram bot.
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Key facts
- Turkish stacks endings onto a root, so one long word can hold a whole phrase, and one wrong ending is a full word error.
- The dotted and dotless forms of the letter i are different letters, so a swap can produce another word.
- The 8.4 score is for large-v2, so a newer model may differ on the same audio.
- Vowel harmony makes endings predictable, which helps you spot a wrong one by sight.
What a transcript looks like
[00:00] Speaker 1: Toplantıya başlayalım. Önce geçen haftanın sonuçlarını gözden geçireceğiz, sonra sonraki adımları planlayacağız.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkish (Türkçe) | Recommended | word error rate 8.4% (large-v2, FLEURS) Whisper paper | Published tests show a low error rate for this language. No large-v3 figure was found; the figure is from the earlier large-v2 model. |
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
- Pick the clip. A lecture, a phone note or a meeting works. Choose one where the speaker is not rushing.
- Share with the bot. Open @potok_now_bot and send the file, a forwarded voice message or a YouTube link.
- Check size. Up to 2 GB is accepted, with the Upload button for large ones.
- Search for the letter i. Look at words with dotted and dotless forms and compare with the sound.
- Read long words. Check the end of each long word, where suffixes pile up.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Treating one wrong suffix as minor | It changes tense or person. | Read endings with care. |
| Using a tool that changes letter case blindly | Uppercase and lowercase of the letter i do not map as in English. | Edit with a Turkish-aware editor. |
| Quoting 8.4 as a latest-model result | It is a large-v2 figure. | Name the model. |
| Skipping speaker labels in a debate | Turns merge. | Turn labels on. |
More
See the full list of languages, the tools and the glossary.
Frequently asked questions
What is the published score for Turkish?
A word error rate of 8.4 for the large-v2 model.
Why is there no large-v3 figure?
None was found for Turkish, so we show the earlier model's number.
Why are long words a risk?
Turkish adds many endings to one word, so a single wrong ending can make the whole word count as an error.
Can I get SRT subtitles?
Yes. Switch timestamps on and export SRT or VTT.
Does the bot convert Turkish into another language?
No. The transcript stays in Turkish, in the same language as the audio you sent to 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
- Whisper paper, Table 13 (large-v2 on FLEURS) · checked
Try it on your own recording
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