Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
"Summary" is a short summary of the recording: the type of conversation, the main points in 3-7 items and the tasks by speaker. "Tasks and deadlines" is a numbered list of who, what, deadline. Both buttons are under the transcript in the Potok Telegram bot @potok_now_bot. Next to them is an "Ask" button: the person writes their own question about the recording and gets an answer.
Under the transcript in the bot there are the buttons "Summary" and "Tasks and deadlines", and their results differ.
How a summary differs from a task list in a recording transcript
"Summary" is a short summary of the recording. It includes the type of conversation, the main points in 3-7 items and the tasks by speaker.
"Tasks and deadlines" is a numbered list, in each line of which there is who, what, deadline.
Both buttons are pressed under the finished transcript in @potok_now_bot. The bot accepts voice messages, video messages, audio and video in private messages, as well as files and links to YouTube, VK Video, RuTube, Instagram and TikTok. All transcripts stay in "My recordings", and you can open them again. How the summary works in general is covered on the page about the summary and tasks from a recording.
| Service | Platforms | Free | Price | Payment from Russia | Where speech is recognized |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potok bot and web version | Telegram (@potok_now_bot, mini app inside the bot) | 60 minutes per month | 7 days: 249 ₽, 30 days: 449 ₽, one year: 2 890 ₽; included in the Potok app subscription | Russian bank cards, rubles | cloud, servers in Russia; internet required |
| Fireflies.ai | Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension | limited storage and AI credits | — | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Speech2Text.ru | Web | 3 hours on sign-up | — | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Video summary in Yandex Browser | Yandex Browser | free | — | not disclosed | Yandex cloud |
| SaluteSpeech Bot (Sber) | Telegram | free; voice messages, audio and video notes | — | not disclosed | SaluteSpeech cloud (Sber) |
| Voix (@RecogMyAudioBot) | Telegram | voice messages up to 15 minutes, video up to 6 minutes | — | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Notta | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android | 120 minutes per month, up to 3 minutes per recording | $13.99/mo (Pro, monthly, 1800 minutes); $27.99/mo (Business, monthly) | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Transkribator (@gotranscribeai_bot) | Telegram, Max | 3 transcriptions per month | — | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Voicy (@voicybot) | Telegram | free; on the Wit.ai engine, recordings of up to 50 seconds | — | not disclosed | Wit.ai, Yandex SpeechKit or Google Speech; the user chooses the engine |
| Telegram voice message transcription | Telegram | without Premium, a few transcriptions per week; with Premium, no limit on their number | — | not disclosed | Telegram servers |
| Happy Scribe | Web | 10 minutes of AI transcription | $17/mo (Basic, monthly, 120 minutes); $29/mo (Pro, monthly, 600 minutes) | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Service | Free | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Potok bot and web version | 60 minutes per month | 7 days: 249 ₽, 30 days: 449 ₽, one year: 2 890 ₽; included in the Potok app subscription |
| Fireflies.ai | limited storage and AI credits | — |
| Speech2Text.ru | 3 hours on sign-up | — |
| Video summary in Yandex Browser | free | — |
| SaluteSpeech Bot (Sber) | free; voice messages, audio and video notes | — |
| Voix (@RecogMyAudioBot) | voice messages up to 15 minutes, video up to 6 minutes | — |
| Notta | 120 minutes per month, up to 3 minutes per recording | $13.99/mo (Pro, monthly, 1800 minutes); $27.99/mo (Business, monthly) |
Which button to press: "Summary" or "Tasks and deadlines"
If you need to understand what the conversation was about and see the tasks along the way, press "Summary". If you need only a list of assignments with deadlines, press "Tasks and deadlines". If you are interested in your own question about the text, there is "Ask" next to them, and you can also make up to 5 buttons of your own with a ready-made request. When several people speak in the recording, the labels "Speaker 1" and "Speaker 2" are explained by the page on why the transcript has no names.
Where Potok is not the answer to this question
Both buttons belong to the bot, not to the dictation app. The Potok app for Windows, macOS and Linux is for dictating text by voice, and it does not transcribe finished recordings. In the bot, 60 minutes per month are free, and there is one subscription for the bot and the app. Potok has no apps for Android and iPhone, no voice commands and no offline mode: recognition is cloud-based, runs on servers in Russia, and Potok does not work without the internet. The bot recognizes 100+ languages (the language is detected automatically).
Frequently asked questions
"Tasks and deadlines": it gives a numbered list of who, what, deadline. "Summary" is broader: it has the type of conversation, the main points in 3-7 items and the tasks by speaker.
Yes: next to these buttons there is "Ask", where the person writes their own question about the recording and gets an answer. You can also make up to 5 buttons of your own with a ready-made request to the text.
Summary is a short summary of the recording: the type of conversation, the main points in 3-7 items and the tasks by speaker. Tasks and deadlines is a numbered list of who, what, deadline, without the type of conversation and without the general result.
No. Both buttons are under the finished transcript, and the recording itself stays in My recordings and can be opened again.
How a summary differs from a task list in a recording transcript. 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 a summary differs from a task list in a recording transcript you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
How a summary differs from a task list in a recording transcript. 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 a summary differs from a task list in a recording transcript you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Transcribe your own recording
Forward a voice message, or send a file or a YouTube, VK Video, RuTube, Instagram or TikTok link to Potok's Telegram bot, and the text arrives in the same chat. 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.