Voicy
@voicybot
FreeENRUMULTI
Transcribes voice messages and video notes to text in private chats and groups: forward a voice or add Voicy to a chat and every voice message gets a text reply. Free, open source, many languages.
Key features
- Transcripts in groups and private chats
- Language and engine selection
- Open source
What Voicy does
Voicy is one of the oldest voice-to-text bots in Telegram and one of the few with public source code. Add it to a group and it answers each voice message or video note with a transcript; forward a voice to it in private for the same result. You choose the recognition language and engine in settings, and long messages are split into readable paragraphs.
Accuracy depends on the engine and audio quality; for clean English speech it is good enough to skip listening; for other languages, set the language and try a short message first. The bot is free; its author accepts donations. It sends audio to third-party speech services for recognition, which is worth knowing for sensitive conversations.
How to start
- Open @voicybot and send /start
- Choose the language with /language
- Forward a voice message or add the bot to a group
Commands
/languageRecognition language/engineRecognition enginePricing and limits
Free
Pros / Cons
- Free and open source
- Works in groups automatically
- Audio is processed by third-party speech APIs
Alternatives
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Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 7 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 7 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 5 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 6 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 6 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 9 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 71.5 |
FAQ
Is there a length limit?
Very long recordings may be truncated or split; check the bot's /help for current limits.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
