Potok turns speech into text in 33 languages, including English and Russian.
A Google Meet meeting recording is transcribed into text through the Potok Telegram bot @potok_now_bot: send the file, and the bot returns the text. Meet has its own transcript too, but not in Russian. For heavy files the bot's mini app is suitable. 60 minutes of transcription per month are free; for dictating text on a computer there is the Potok app.
A meeting in Google Meet can be recorded, and the finished recording can be turned into text. Meet itself has a transcript, but it does not understand Russian, so for a Russian-language meeting you usually need a separate service.
Where to get a Google Meet meeting recording
- Recording is turned on by the organizer or co-organizer of the meeting; participants can do it only if the organizer has permission for recording.
- The finished recording is saved to the organizer's Google Drive, in the Google Meet folder; a link to it is added to the Google Calendar event.
- The function is available only on paid versions of Google Workspace (Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise and others), and also in Google One from 2 TB.
- If the recording is already on Drive, download the file from there: then it is used as an ordinary audio or video file.
Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into text through the bot
- Open the downloaded recording file in Telegram, find the bot @potok_now_bot and start it with the /start command if you have not opened it yet.
- Send the file as a document. If several people took part in the meeting, turn on speaker markup in the bot settings (/settings) in advance: the lines will be split by voice.
- Wait for the reply: a short meeting arrives as text right in the chat, a long one as a file; the format for long replies (TXT or DOCX) is chosen in advance.
- The Tasks and deadlines button under the reply collects who took on what, and Summary collects the main points of the meeting.
- A heavier file is more convenient to upload to the bot's mini app: sign-in by email or through Telegram, a limit of 2 GB per file.
Google Meet's own transcript
Google Meet has its own transcript, started from the meeting tools menu (the transcript item, then the option to start transcription). It is available on paid plans (Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise and others) and works in eight languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. Russian is not in this list, so such a transcript does not suit a meeting in Russian: you will need a separate service like the Potok bot. If you need not to transcribe someone else's meeting but to dictate text yourself right in Telegram, this is a different task, voice input in Telegram.
| 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 |
| Voicee (@Voicee_AI_Bot) | Telegram, Web | 45 minutes to start | 500 ₽/hour of recording (without a package; cheaper with packages) | rubles | not disclosed |
| Happy Scribe | Web | 10 minutes of AI transcription | $17/mo (Basic, monthly, 120 minutes); $29/mo (Pro, monthly, 600 minutes) | not disclosed | 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 |
| Video summary in Yandex Browser | Yandex Browser | free | — | not disclosed | Yandex cloud |
| Kontur.Tolk | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android | not disclosed | — | rubles | servers in Russia |
| Transkribator (@gotranscribeai_bot) | Telegram, Max | 3 transcriptions per month | — | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Audio2Text | Web, Telegram | 15 minutes per month | 295 ₽/mo (Basic, 500 minutes); 495 ₽/mo (Standard, 1000 minutes); 1245 ₽/mo (Expert, 5000 minutes) | rubles | not disclosed |
| SaluteSpeech Bot (Sber) | Telegram | free; voice messages, audio and video notes | — | not disclosed | SaluteSpeech cloud (Sber) |
| KolerskyAI Whisper Bot | Telegram | the first 5 minutes | 69 ₽/15 minutes; 149 ₽/50 minutes; 490 ₽/200 minutes | 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 |
| 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 |
| Voicee (@Voicee_AI_Bot) | 45 minutes to start | 500 ₽/hour of recording (without a package; cheaper with packages) |
| Happy Scribe | 10 minutes of AI transcription | $17/mo (Basic, monthly, 120 minutes); $29/mo (Pro, monthly, 600 minutes) |
| Transkriptor | 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)) |
| Video summary in Yandex Browser | free | — |
| Kontur.Tolk | not disclosed | — |
| Transkribator (@gotranscribeai_bot) | 3 transcriptions per month | — |
| 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 not to trust the bot with a meeting recording
The built-in Google Meet transcript will not help with Russian speech: among its eight languages are English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, and Russian is not there. A recording in another language works too, the bot understands 100+ languages (the language is detected automatically), but it does not translate. While the call is going on there will be no text: the bot can process only an already saved, finished recording. It will not start without the internet either: it is a cloud one, and the transcript is computed on servers in Russia. Who exactly spoke will not be labeled in the text, only the labels Speaker 1, Speaker 2. Different transcription services are handy to compare in a separate review, the comparison of transcription services.
Frequently asked questions
Only if the organizer gave permission for it: without the rights of an organizer or co-organizer you cannot turn on recording yourself.
Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into 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 Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into text you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into 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 Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into text you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into 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 Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into text you dictate into the same field where you normally type, so there is no need to switch between apps.
Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into 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 Transcribing a Google Meet meeting into text 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.
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.