Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
In the official Windows voice input table for Russian, there is only one currency phrase: "znak dollara" (dollar sign, $). There is no separate command for the ruble, euro, pound or yen. Potok (potok.now) does it differently: it writes an amount with a currency right away in digits with the sign, with no command: "dvesti pyatdesyat rubley" (two hundred fifty rubles) becomes "250 ₽".
Dictating an amount of money by voice is not the same as just saying a number: you also need a currency sign next to it. The commands here are from the Windows 11 voice input table: Windows 10 has no Russian voice input, and its voice commands exist only in English.
A common mistake with amounts and currency
The most common mistake is to expect a separate voice command for the ruble sign, as for the dollar. In the official Windows voice input table for Russian there is only "znak dollara" (dollar sign, $); there is no phrase for the ruble, euro, pound or yen. If voice input in Windows does not respond to the keyboard shortcut at all, that is another problem, covered in the article why Win+H sometimes does not work.
- "znak dollara" (dollar sign, $): the command is in the Windows voice input table for Russian;
- the ruble sign: there is no command in this table;
- the euro, pound and yen signs: also not in the list for Russian;
- on Mac, in the Currency section there are commands for the dollar, cent, pound sterling, euro and yen, but not for the ruble.
| 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 |
| Dragon NaturallySpeaking | Windows | not disclosed | $699.99/one-time (Dragon Professional Individual v16, perpetual licence) | not disclosed | device (offline) — local acoustic engine (~8 GB neural network) after installation; internet is only needed to activate the licence |
| Lispr | Windows, macOS | 60 minutes of dictation per week for free; the key features (push-to-talk, translation, dictionary, local history) always stay free, without an account | $7.99/mo (Pro, monthly); $79/yr (Pro, yearly (from $44.90 with regional discounts)) | unknown (not confirmed) | cloud (USA; recognition is done by Groq, Inc.) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| A-Golos | macOS, Windows, Android | 20 minutes of audio per month free, no card attached | 490 ₽/mo (Lite, 120 min/mo); 4900 ₽/yr (Lite, yearly); 950 ₽/mo (Pro, 300 min/mo) | rubles directly (through an external payment provider, card data is not stored by the service) | cloud: the policy states that personal data is stored on servers in Russia, but the speech recognition itself is performed by OpenAI (USA); results and audio are not stored on the company's servers |
| Win+H (Windows voice typing) | Windows | free, built into Windows 10 and Windows 11 | — | not disclosed | cloud (Azure Speech services, Microsoft) — an internet connection is required |
| 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) |
| Molvi | Windows, macOS | free forever, no accounts and no payment | — | not needed: the product is free; voluntary donations are accepted via Telegram Tribute or by card on the website, amounts are not fixed | device (offline; best quality on an NVIDIA GPU, otherwise a fast model on the CPU) |
| 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) |
How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows
- Say the number in ordinary words, for example "tysyacha pyatsot dollarov SShA" (one thousand five hundred US dollars). This is our example phrase, not a command from the table.
- To get the "$" sign, add the phrase "znak dollara" (dollar sign) right after the number. This is the only currency command in the official Windows voice input table for Russian.
- For the ruble, euro, pound sterling or yen, there is no separate command for Russian in this table.
- If you need a ready currency sign without commands, for rubles Potok (potok.now) does this: it writes the amount right away in digits with the sign, and "dvesti pyatdesyat rubley" (two hundred fifty rubles) becomes "250 ₽", with no voice command.
On Mac a similar list of commands is called Currency: it has phrases for the dollar, cent, pound sterling, euro and yen, but again none for the ruble. How to turn on voice text typing on a computer at all is explained in a separate guide for a laptop.
When not to count on Potok
Potok is a cloud service: recognition runs on servers in Russia, and it does not work without an internet connection. It has no voice commands at all, not for brackets, not for currency, not for anything else: it just turns speech into text and places signs and digits itself. Potok also has no apps for Android and iPhone. Those who dictate invoices and amounts all working day may find even the free weekly word limit tight, and then a plan without a limit is needed.
Frequently asked questions
No: in the official Windows voice input table for Russian there is only "znak dollara" (dollar sign, $). There is no separate phrase for the ruble, euro, pound or yen.
Potok writes an amount with a currency in digits with the sign by itself, with no voice command: "dvesti pyatdesyat rubley" (two hundred fifty rubles) becomes "250 ₽".
How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows. 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 How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows. 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 How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows. 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 How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows. 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 How to dictate an amount in rubles or dollars in Windows you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Try it on your own texts
Download Potok for Windows, macOS or Linux: full access for the first 14 days, no card needed. After that, 2500 words per week for free or Pro for 690 ₽ per month. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows voice typing (Win+H) | Windows 10 and 11 | Windows 11 only | Microsoft cloud, does not work offline |
| Potok | Windows, macOS, Linux | primary language | cloud, servers in Russia, does not work offline |
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