Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
A Loom recording already has a transcription: the Transcript tab with text and timecodes opens in the side panel; it is available on all plans, including the free Starter, and the language is detected automatically. If you need a separate text file, download the recording (MP4) and send it to the Potok bot @potok_now_bot or to the bot's mini app. The bot gives 60 minutes a month free.
A recording of a call in Loom usually already contains a ready transcription; the question is where to look for it and what to do if you need specifically a text file, not the built-in tab inside the service.
Where to find the recording itself
- Open your recording library on loom.com: all videos are stored there private by default, and only you have access.
- Find the meeting recording you need; if you need the file separately, download it with the Download button: Loom saves the video in MP4 format.
- If the recording was already sent to you as a link or a ready file, you can skip this step and go straight to the transcription.
Loom meeting transcription to text: how to get it
- Open the recording in Loom itself and switch to the Transcript tab in the side panel: the text with timecodes appears right there, and the language is detected automatically from the first seconds of speech.
- If you need a separate text file or a split by lines, send the downloaded MP4 to the bot @potok_now_bot in Telegram or upload it to the bot's mini app.
- Before sending to the bot, you can turn on the split by speaker in the settings, so that the ready text shows each participant's lines separately.
- Wait for the reply: a short recording comes as text right in the chat, a long one as a separate file, TXT or DOCX.
The built-in transcription in the program
Transcript in Loom works on any plan, including the free Starter: you do not need to pay for the transcription itself. Only the advanced formats cost extra: export to SRT and styled subtitles is available only on the Business + AI and Enterprise plans.
Loom detects the recognition language by itself from the first seconds of the recording, but you can change it by hand if it was detected wrongly. There is no speaker split in the description of this feature: if you need to divide the lines of several participants by role, a separate transcription through the bot or the web version fits this better.
| 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 |
| Telegram voice message transcription | Telegram | without Premium, a few transcriptions per week; with Premium, no limit on their number | — | not disclosed | Telegram servers |
| Video summary in Yandex Browser | Yandex Browser | free | — | not disclosed | Yandex cloud |
| Happy Scribe | Web | 10 minutes of AI transcription | $17/mo (Basic, monthly, 120 minutes); $29/mo (Pro, monthly, 600 minutes) | 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 |
| 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 |
| Transkriptor | Web | 10 minutes on sign-up, limited to 2 min/day (according to the localized Russian site transkriptor.ru); the international site transkriptor.com states a free trial (up to 90 minutes according to secondary sources; the official pricing page could not be opened directly because it timed out) | 490 ₽/one-time (Start, 150 minutes (transkriptor.ru)); 790 ₽/one-time (Pro, 700 minutes (transkriptor.ru)); 1900 ₽/one-time (Premium, 2100 minutes (transkriptor.ru)) | yes, on the localized site transkriptor.ru: Visa/Mastercard/Mir bank cards with no fee, SBP via QR code with no fee, YooMoney with a 3% fee; payments are one-off (no subscription) and processed by the KASSA service. The international site transkriptor.com presumably bills in dollars; this is not confirmed directly (the pricing page timed out) | 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 |
| Fireflies.ai | Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension | limited storage and AI credits | — | 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 |
| Telegram voice message transcription | without Premium, a few transcriptions per week; with Premium, no limit on their number | — |
| Video summary in Yandex Browser | free | — |
| Happy Scribe | 10 minutes of AI transcription | $17/mo (Basic, monthly, 120 minutes); $29/mo (Pro, monthly, 600 minutes) |
| Voicy (@voicybot) | free; on the Wit.ai engine, recordings of up to 50 seconds | — |
| TurboScribe | 3 files a day, each up to 30 minutes | $20/mo (Unlimited, monthly) |
| KolerskyAI Whisper Bot | the first 5 minutes | 69 ₽/15 minutes; 149 ₽/50 minutes; 490 ₽/200 minutes |
| Task | Characters | Typing (200 chars/min) | Voice (900 chars/min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| chat reply | 300 | 2 min | 0.5 min |
| 1500 | 8 min | 1.7 min | |
| post or meeting minutes | 4000 | 20 min | 4.4 min |
| article | 10000 | 50 min | 11.1 min |
When the bot will not fit
If the recording was not made in Russian or the text must be translated at once, the Potok bot is not suitable: it recognizes 100+ languages (the language is detected automatically), and there is no translation. It also does not enter the call itself and does not connect directly to a Loom recording: you need to send the file or a link to the video yourself.
It tells participants apart by line numbers, not by names, so real names have to be entered in the text by hand. The service is cloud-based: recognition runs on servers in Russia, and it does not work without the internet. How to convert an audio file to text for free on a computer in general is covered in a separate article, and different transcription services are compared in a separate overview.
Frequently asked questions
No, the Transcript tab is available on all plans, including the free Starter. Only Business + AI and Enterprise cost extra: export to SRT and styled subtitles.
This is not described in Loom itself. To get text with labels, download the video and send it to the Potok bot, where the lines can be labeled “Speaker 1”, “Speaker 2” and so on.
Loom meeting transcription to text. 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 Loom meeting transcription to text you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Loom meeting transcription to text. 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 Loom meeting transcription to text you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Loom meeting transcription to text. 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 Loom meeting transcription to text you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Loom meeting transcription to text. 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 Loom meeting transcription to text you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Recording to text
Send a recording to Potok's Telegram bot or upload a file of up to 2 GB in the bot's mini app. The first 60 minutes of every month are free.
Open @potok_now_bot in TelegramPrimary sources: yandex.ru · vc.ru · speech2text.ru · audio-2-text.ru
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.