Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
For recordings longer than 10 minutes the bot @potok_now_bot proofreads the text: it fixes punctuation, capital letters and obvious recognition errors, but does not shorten or retell the text. Proofreading is on by default and can be switched off in the settings. The bot of the Potok service (potok.now) transcribes 60 minutes per month for free.
Proofreading is a correction of a long transcript, not a retelling of it. The bot does it for recordings longer than 10 minutes.
What the bot does with a long transcript: punctuation, case and how to turn off proofreading
Say you sent the bot an audio recording longer than 10 minutes, for example a long interview. The bot proofreads recordings longer than 10 minutes: it adds punctuation, watches capital letters and fixes obvious recognition errors. The text itself stays yours: the bot does not shorten or retell it.
Proofreading is on by default, and you do not need to ask for it separately. If you do not need it, you switch it off in the settings. Finished transcripts stay in “My recordings”, and how long transcripts are stored is described on a separate page.
How proofreading differs from a summary
Proofreading corrects the transcript text itself: punctuation, capital letters, obvious recognition errors. It does not shorten or retell the text. A short retelling of a conversation is a separate thing: the bot's buttons do it. “Summary” gives the main points and tasks by speaker, “Tasks and deadlines” builds a list, and “Ask” answers your question about the recording. So if you need a short text, proofreading will not help, and if you need the full text without cuts, you do not need a summary.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| TurboScribe | Web | 3 files a day, each up to 30 minutes | $20/mo (Unlimited, monthly) | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| KolerskyAI Whisper Bot | Telegram | the first 5 minutes | 69 ₽/15 minutes; 149 ₽/50 minutes; 490 ₽/200 minutes | rubles | not disclosed |
| Speech2Text.ru | Web | 3 hours on sign-up | — | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Voicee (@Voicee_AI_Bot) | Telegram, Web | 45 minutes to start | 500 ₽/hour of recording (without a package; cheaper with packages) | rubles | not disclosed |
| 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 |
| SaluteSpeech Bot (Sber) | Telegram | free; voice messages, audio and video notes | — | not disclosed | SaluteSpeech cloud (Sber) |
| Transkribator (@gotranscribeai_bot) | Telegram, Max | 3 transcriptions per month | — | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Video summary in Yandex Browser | Yandex Browser | free | — | not disclosed | Yandex cloud |
Who this answer does not fit
Proofreading is a bot function; in the Potok dictation app punctuation and capital letters are added automatically. The app does not transcribe finished recordings: for those there is the Telegram bot @potok_now_bot, and they share one subscription. The bot understands 100+ languages (the language is detected automatically) and translates nothing. Potok is a cloud service: recognition runs on servers in Russia, and it does not work without the internet. What happens when the free minutes run out is explained on the page about the 60-minute limit.
Frequently asked questions
No. Proofreading fixes punctuation, capital letters and obvious recognition errors, and the text itself is not shortened or retold.
Yes, for recordings longer than 10 minutes proofreading is on by default, and you can switch it off in the settings.
What the bot does with a long 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 What the bot does with a long transcript you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
What the bot does with a long 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 What the bot does with a long transcript you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
What the bot does with a long transcript. 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 What the bot does with a long transcript you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
What the bot does with a long transcript. 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 What the bot does with a long transcript 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.