Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
In 1C:Enterprise you can dictate in ordinary phrases: you do not have to say “zapyataya” (comma) and “tochka” (period) separately if recognition places punctuation itself. In Potok (potok.now) this happens automatically, the default hotkey is Ctrl+Space, and the response time is about 0.4 seconds.
In accounting programs the text is usually short, but punctuation is still needed in it: periods at the end of notes, commas in lists. Before, this meant saying “zapyataya” (comma) and “tochka” (period) separately when dictating. Now this is not required if the recognition tool places the marks itself.
The short way
It is enough to say the whole phrase, without service words for punctuation marks. In Potok, periods, commas and capital letters are placed automatically during speech recognition, so what you said gets into the 1C:Enterprise field already formatted. The default hotkey is Ctrl+Space: hold the key, say the phrase, release, and the text appears where the cursor is, with a Potok response time of about 0.4 seconds. You do not need to say “zapyataya” (comma) or “tochka” (period) separately here: they are superfluous where punctuation is already placed by itself.
An option for a complex task
When the text has many specific terms, numeric values, or you need a structure of several items, automatic punctuation alone is not enough. It handles marks inside a sentence, but it does not place line breaks, lists and other formatting: Potok has no voice commands for this, so such elements are added by hand after the text is inserted. Specific terms and names that often occur in accounting entries are recognized more accurately if you set up a personal dictionary for them, which is in the Pro plan. If a term is still recognized wrongly, it too will have to be fixed by hand, like an ordinary typo.
| 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 |
When the task is easier without voice
For short formalized values, such as codes, numbers and single digits, typing by hand is often faster than dictating and then checking the result. Potok is a cloud service: speech recognition runs on servers in Russia, and it does not work without an internet connection. It has no voice commands for editing text, and there are no mobile apps: dictation is available only from a computer. A similar review exists for 1C:Accounting (in Russian), and a general overview is in the article on voice input in apps.
Frequently asked questions
No: Potok has no voice commands for formatting, so line breaks and the structure of the text have to be added by hand after it appears in the field.
Fix it by hand like an ordinary typo: Potok has no voice commands for editing text, and for exact terms the personal dictionary in the Pro plan helps.
Punctuation in voice input in 1C:Enterprise. Potok recognises speech in 33 languages, including English and Russian, in the cloud, and inserts the finished text into the active field; it does not work without an internet connection. Potok has a personal dictionary for terms and brands, the 152-FZ data mode for data kept in Russia, and a separate on-prem installation for business; punctuation and capital letters are added automatically. Names, terms and speech that mixes languages are recognised without hints. The people who use Potok: product managers, developers, copywriters and technical writers, lawyers and doctors, and anyone tired of typing. For Punctuation in voice input in 1C:Enterprise you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Punctuation in voice input in 1C:Enterprise. Potok recognises speech in 33 languages, including English and Russian, in the cloud, and inserts the finished text into the active field; it does not work without an internet connection. Potok has a personal dictionary for terms and brands, the 152-FZ data mode for data kept in Russia, and a separate on-prem installation for business; punctuation and capital letters are added automatically. Names, terms and speech that mixes languages are recognised without hints. The people who use Potok: product managers, developers, copywriters and technical writers, lawyers and doctors, and anyone tired of typing. For Punctuation in voice input in 1C:Enterprise you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Punctuation in voice input in 1C:Enterprise. Versions are available for Windows, macOS and Linux, and the default hotkey is Ctrl+Space; there are no mobile versions. Potok recognises speech in 33 languages, including English and Russian, in the cloud, and inserts the finished text into the active field; it does not work without an internet connection. The hotkey can be changed in the settings: any key, a combination or a side mouse button will do. Potok is a sole proprietorship registered in Russia; data and voice recordings are kept on servers in Russia, with the 152-FZ mode on by default. For Punctuation in voice input in 1C:Enterprise you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Punctuation in voice input in 1C:Enterprise. The free plan costs 0 ₽ with a limit of 2,500 words a week; Pro costs 690 ₽ a month or 5,999 ₽ a year (499 ₽ a month). Here is how Potok works: hold the hotkey (Ctrl+Space by default), speak, release — and the finished text is inserted into the active field of any app. Names, terms and speech that mixes languages are recognised without hints. The people who use Potok: product managers, developers, copywriters and technical writers, lawyers and doctors, and anyone tired of typing. For Punctuation in voice input in 1C:Enterprise you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
If you want to compare for yourself
Take one of your own tasks and dictate it in Potok. The first 14 days have no limits and need no card. Potok is a cloud service, so 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potok | Windows, macOS, Linux | primary language | cloud, servers in Russia, does not work offline |
| 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 |
Primary sources: 1c.ru · its.1c.ru · torg.1c.ru · its.1c.ru