Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
Potok (potok.now) places punctuation and capital letters automatically, so you do not need to say “zapyataya” (comma) or “tochka” (period). 1C:Document Management has a separate auto-replacement of punctuation marks during dictation, but turning on voice input there and in 1C:Enterprise is a separate setting, not a ready-made button. Through Potok you get about 900 characters per minute.
In 1C, in medical programs and in legal programs, voice input and its punctuation are arranged differently: in some it is a built-in service of the platform, in others only a third-party integration, and in some there is no dictation at all. Let us go through what the documentation confirms and what Potok does.
Where people most often go wrong with punctuation in 1C, medicine and law
- They think that with Potok you have to say “zapyataya” (comma) or “tochka” (period). You do not: it places punctuation and capital letters itself.
- They mix up manual punctuation commands with automatic placement without them. For Russian these are different things: Windows help has no language restrictions for automatic punctuation, while Apple's official list does not include Russian.
- They think that in 1C voice input is a ready-made button in any form. In fact, in 1C:Enterprise it is the “1C:Speech Recognition” service, available from the platform's built-in language since version 8.3.23. A developer has to build it into the form of a specific application. It is already done in 1C:Document Management.
- They do not know that in 1C:Document Management there is a separate auto-replacement of punctuation marks and special characters during dictation. This is specific to that configuration, not a property of the 1C platform as a whole.
- They assume that 1C:Accounting has the same dictation as 1C:Document Management. According to the documentation, 1C:Accounting has no built-in dictation.
- They confuse voice search in the online version of Garant (the microphone icon in the search bar) with dictating text into documents. These are different functions, and the documentation has no explicit confirmation of Russian for voice search; it follows only from the examples of queries.
Detailed breakdowns are on the pages voice input in Garant (in Russian) and voice input in 1C:Document Management (in Russian).
Check before sending
- Determine the way of dictating: built into the program itself (if it exists and is turned on), built into Windows or macOS, or a separate voice input app.
- If it is the built-in dictation of Windows or macOS, open the official table of punctuation commands for your language. For Russian, such commands are documented in both systems.
- If you dictate on a Mac in Russian without saying punctuation commands, proofread the text separately: Apple's official list of languages with automatic punctuation does not include Russian.
- In 1C, ask the system administrator whether the “1C:Speech Recognition” service is set up for your form; by default it is not turned on.
- If you dictate through Potok, you do not need to check punctuation commands separately, because it places the marks itself.
| Service | Platforms | Free | Price | Payment from Russia | Where speech is recognized |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potok | Windows, macOS, Linux | Free: 2500 words per week; full access for the first 14 days, no card needed | Pro 690 ₽/mo, 499 ₽/mo when paid yearly | Russian bank cards, rubles | cloud, servers in Russia; internet required |
| WhispeRu | Windows | 7-day free trial (no card) | 290 ₽/mo (monthly license); 1990 ₽/yr (yearly license); 4990 ₽/one-time (lifetime license) | rubles directly (payment via YooKassa) | device (offline) |
| Talkpad | macOS, Windows, Android | 2500 words/week on desktop, 1500 words/week on mobile, free forever; plus a 14-day Pro trial | $6/mo (Pro (billed yearly, $72/yr)); $8/mo (Pro (monthly billing)) | unknown (not confirmed) | cloud (the legal entity is registered in Australia; the website is hosted on Cloudflare; the exact location of the ASR servers is not disclosed in the privacy policy) (not confirmed) |
| GigaType | Windows, macOS | free with no limits: open source under the MIT license (Copyright (c) 2026 Disrupt Builders), all features are available without payment | — | not needed: there are no paid plans | device (offline, Sber's GigaAM neural network) |
| Spokenly | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS | local models (Whisper/Parakeet) are free forever with no word limit; connecting your own API keys (BYOK) is also free | $9.99/mo (Pro, monthly); $99.99/yr (Pro, yearly (≈$8.33/mo)) | not disclosed | hybrid: locally on the device (Whisper/Parakeet, free) or in the cloud (GPT-4o Transcribe, Deepgram Nova 3, Soniox and others, via BYOK or Pro) |
| Diktuy | Windows, macOS | 30 minutes of dictation per month, free forever | 239 ₽/mo (Profi (monthly equivalent when billed yearly)); 2870 ₽/yr (Profi (year, billed in full)); 479 ₽/mo (Max (monthly equivalent when billed yearly)) | rubles directly (not confirmed) | cloud (the data center country is not disclosed on the website) (not confirmed) |
| SpeakFlow | Windows, Web | 30 minutes of dictation per month, free forever | 690 ₽/mo (Personal (unlimited)) | rubles directly | cloud (the data center country is not disclosed on the website) (not confirmed) |
| Google voice input (Google Docs voice typing + Gboard) | Web (Google Docs, Chrome/Edge/Safari, current versions), Android (Gboard), iOS (Gboard) | free, built into Google Docs and the Gboard keyboard | — | not disclosed | cloud: in Google Docs, speech recognition is handled by the browser, which manages the speech-to-text service and determines speech processing, after which the text is sent to Google Docs (that is, a cloud service of the browser or Google is used, not local processing). In Gboard some advanced voice typing features for certain locales run on the device and are not sent to Google servers by default, but ordinary Gboard voice input is generally cloud-based |
| Aqua Voice | macOS, Windows, iOS | Starter: 1000 free words (Avalon model), no card required | $8/mo (Pro, billed yearly); $10/mo (Pro, monthly); $24/mo (Max, billed yearly) | unknown: the website shows payment in USD, and there is a separate purchase through the iOS App Store; acceptance of Russian cards is not confirmed (not confirmed) | cloud (own Avalon model; the country of the data center is not publicly disclosed) (not confirmed) |
| Voco (TsRT) and Laitis: legacy voice input programs for Windows | Windows | Voco: unknown, was a paid product with Basic/Professional/Enterprise versions, there was no free version. Laitis: there is a free version ("free, no ads"), plus a separate paid version which, according to the developers, is distinguished by stable operation | — | not disclosed | Voco: judging by the user manual (2022), Voco's speech recognition historically worked locally on the PC (offline, no internet), which set it apart from modern cloud services, but this is not confirmed on the current site, since the product is not found in the current catalog. Laitis: the laitis.ru site states that speech recognition requires an internet connection, that is, cloud processing |
| SuperWhisper | macOS, Windows, iOS | free: small local models with no usage limits (offline) | $8.49/mo (Pro, monthly); $84.99/yr (Pro, annual (≈$7.08/mo)); $249.99/one-time (Lifetime, one-time, covers Mac+Windows+iOS) | not disclosed | hybrid: small local models offline (free), large cloud models (Scribe, Nova, Gemini, GPT and others) through the Superwhisper proxy on Pro/BYOK — providers see the request from the proxy, not the user's account |
Where Potok is not needed here
Punctuation is something you can stop thinking about with Potok: it places marks and capital letters itself, whether it is 1C, a medical system or a legal database.
Potok is a cloud service, and recognition runs on servers in Russia; it does not work without the internet. It has no voice commands at all, neither for punctuation nor for anything else; it only turns speech into text. It has no offline mode and no phone app: it is a desktop program for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Frequently asked questions
No. According to the Medesk documentation, the system has no built-in text dictation, unlike some other programs in this selection, for example 1C:Document Management, where voice input exists and can automatically replace punctuation marks during dictation.
Punctuation in voice input in 1C, medical and legal programs. 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, medical and legal programs 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, medical and legal programs. 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, medical and legal programs 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, medical and legal programs. 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, medical and legal programs 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, medical and legal programs. 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, medical and legal programs you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Check it in one evening
Install Potok, dictate what you usually type and compare. 14 days of full access, no card needed. Potok is a cloud service, so it does not work without the internet.
Download PotokA voice message from a messenger or a call recording can be forwarded to the bot @potok_now_bot, and it sends back the text. The bot is part of the same subscription as the Potok app.
Built-in dictation and Potok
| Tool | Where it works | Russian language | Where speech is recognized |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Primary sources: support.microsoft.com · support.apple.com · www.apple.com