Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
Among 35 voice input services and programs, 9 are registered in Russia, 9 in the USA, 2 in Europe, and one each in Australia and the UAE. For 2 the country is stated on the website but not confirmed, for 2 the legal entity is named without a country, and for 9 there is no data. Potok (potok.now) is not in the sample; it is a sole proprietor in Russia.
Besides code, voice input has a legal entity that releases it, and a legal entity has a country of registration. Among the 35 services checked, this picture turned out to be varied: from sole proprietors in Russia to companies abroad, some of which do not name a country at all.
| Country of legal entity | Services | Which |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 9 | SpeakFlow, Diktuy, WhispeRu, v2txt.ru, Airword, RechFlow, Yandex dictation (Alice / Yandex Keyboard), SpeechPad (voice notepad), Voco (TsRT) and Laitis, legacy voice input programs for Windows |
| USA | 9 | Lispr, Aqua Voice, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Speechify, Win+H (Windows voice input), Windows 11 Voice Access, Apple Dictation, Google voice input (Google Docs voice typing + Gboard), Otter.ai |
| Europe | 2 | MacWhisper (the Netherlands), Voibe (United Kingdom) |
| Australia | 1 | Talkpad |
| UAE | 1 | VoiceHotKey |
| Per the website, not verified | 2 | Transkriptor (USA, not verified), A-Golos (Kyrgyzstan, not verified) |
| Legal entity named, country not | 2 | Willow Voice, SuperWhisper |
| No data | 9 | Voisty, GigaType, Molvi, Typeless, Glas (LidFly), Wispr Flow, Spokenly, VoiceInk, Lynote |
| Total | 35 | — |
How the legal entities and countries were counted
We went through potok.now's own verified database of 35 voice input programs and services and looked at the “legal entity” field on the official website or in the offer for each one. A country was counted only when it is named directly in this field, and not deduced from indirect signs such as the website's domain. If a record as a whole is marked as unverified, as with A-Golos, or the country appears only in secondary sources, as with Transkriptor, it went into a separate “claimed, not verified” column, and not into “yes” or “no”. If a legal entity is named but the country is not given in the record, as with Willow Voice and SuperWhisper, that is also its own column, and the country was not deduced from it. The status “sole proprietor” or “self-employed” was marked by the direct word in the same field. Another review from the same database, where the voice is physically processed, is built in a similar way.
In which countries the 35 services are registered
- Russia: 9 of 35, of which 7 are sole proprietors or self-employed: SpeakFlow, Diktuy, WhispeRu, v2txt.ru, Airword, RechFlow, SpeechPad (a voice notepad). Two more Russian legal entities are Yandex dictation and the entry for Voco (TsRT) and Laitis (the country was taken from the TsRT legal entity; Laitis does not name a legal entity on its website).
- USA: 9 of 35: Lispr, Aqua Voice, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Speechify, Win+H, Windows 11 Voice Access, Apple Dictation, Google voice input, Otter.ai.
- Europe: 2: MacWhisper (the Netherlands), Voibe (the United Kingdom). Australia: 1: Talkpad. UAE: 1: VoiceHotKey.
- Claimed, not verified: 2: Transkriptor (the USA, by secondary sources), A-Golos (Kyrgyzstan, not verified).
- Legal entity named, country not given: 2: Willow Voice, SuperWhisper.
- No data on the legal entity at all: 9: Voisty, GigaType, Molvi, Typeless, Glas (LidFly), Wispr Flow, Spokenly, VoiceInk, Lynote.
What this data does not show
Potok is not in this sample; it is not one of the 35 compared services but a separate product. Legally Potok is a sole proprietor, Russia, with payment by a Russian card in rubles. Potok is a cloud service: recognition runs on servers in Russia, and it does not work without an internet connection. Other cuts of the same database are collected in the general section of voice input statistics.
Frequently asked questions
9 of 35: Lispr, Aqua Voice, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Speechify, Win+H, Windows 11 Voice Access, Apple Dictation, Google voice input and Otter.ai, per our verified database.
For 9 of 35 there is no data on the legal entity at all. For another 2 the legal entity is named but the country is not given, and for 2 the country is stated on the website but not confirmed independently; these are three separate columns, not one number.
In which countries 35 voice input services are registered. 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 In which countries 35 voice input services are registered you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
In which countries 35 voice input services are registered. 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 In which countries 35 voice input services are registered you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
In which countries 35 voice input services are registered. 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 In which countries 35 voice input services are registered you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
In which countries 35 voice input services are registered. 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 In which countries 35 voice input services are registered you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
How to start
Potok is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. For two weeks everything is open for free, after that 2500 words per week without paying. 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 |