Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
To download a transcript as PDF or Markdown, press the “Other format” button under it in the Potok Telegram bot @potok_now_bot and choose the format you need: it has TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT and VTT. The bot transcribes 60 minutes per month for free.
A transcript in a chat is not yet a document: sometimes you need a PDF to forward or Markdown for notes. All of this is exported from the Potok Telegram bot @potok_now_bot.
How to download a transcript as PDF or Markdown from a Telegram bot
- Send the bot @potok_now_bot a voice message, a video note, audio or video, or send a file or a link to YouTube, VK Video or RuTube.
- Wait for the transcript: a short recording arrives as text in the chat, a long one as a file.
- Press the “Other format” button under the transcript.
- Choose the format you need: TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT or VTT.
The button is under the transcript itself, so you first need the recording: in private messages to the bot you can forward a voice message from any chat or send a file, including as a document. The formats TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT and VTT all belong to the one “Other format” button. The bot builds the name of a long file from the content of the recording. All transcripts stay in “My recordings”, and you can open them again. Speech in 100+ languages is recognized (the language is detected automatically).
What format arrives without a choice
Without the button, the bot sends a short recording as text in the chat and a long one as a file: TXT or DOCX, as chosen in the settings. PDF and Markdown are not part of this choice; they are taken with the “Other format” button. The subtitle files SRT and VTT in the same list are covered separately, on the page about subtitle formats.
Where Potok cannot do this
Export to PDF or Markdown is a function of the Telegram bot, not of the Potok app: the app for Windows, macOS and Linux is for dictation, and ready recordings are transcribed by the bot @potok_now_bot. There is one subscription for both. Potok has no apps for Android and iPhone, no voice commands and no offline mode: recognition is cloud-based, on servers in Russia, and without the internet Potok does not work. There is no translation between languages, and the bot understands 100+ languages (the language is detected automatically).
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The same “Other format” button has SRT and VTT, which are subtitle files. They are covered in more detail on a separate page about SRT and VTT.
A short recording arrives as text right in the chat, a long one as a file. The format of such a file, TXT or DOCX, is chosen in the bot settings. Other formats are taken with the “Other format” button.
The bot builds the name of a long file from the content of the recording. A short recording has no file at all: it arrives as text right in the chat.
Yes. Recognition runs on servers in Russia, and without the internet the bot does not work: neither the recording is transcribed nor the file exported.
How to download a transcript as PDF or Markdown from a Telegram bot. 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 download a transcript as PDF or Markdown from a Telegram bot you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
How to download a transcript as PDF or Markdown from a Telegram bot. 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 download a transcript as PDF or Markdown from a Telegram bot you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Try it on your own recording
Potok's Telegram bot transcribes a voice message, video note, audio or video, and its buttons make a summary and a task list. 60 minutes per month for free.
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Transcribe a recording in Telegram
Voice messages, video notes, audio and video are transcribed by Potok's Telegram bot @potok_now_bot: forward it a voice message from any chat, or send a file or a YouTube, VK Video, RuTube, Instagram or TikTok link. A short recording comes back as text in the chat, a long one as a file; timestamps and speaker labels can be turned on. The buttons give a short summary, tasks and deadlines, an answer to a question about the recording and export to TXT, DOCX, PDF or SRT. Large files, up to 2 GB, are easier to upload in the bot's mini app, via the Upload button next to the input field. The bot recognizes 100+ languages (the language is detected automatically); 60 minutes per month are free.