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.
Tasks · Updated September 5, 2026
Transcribe a voice message or a meeting
Five bots that turn a voice message, video note or a longer recording into text — one official, two free, two with a group-friendly free trial.
Turning a voice message into text is one of the most useful things a Telegram bot can do, whether it's a colleague's rambling voice note or a recorded meeting you don't want to relisten to. Sber's smartspeech_sber_bot is the official, free option, backed by Sber's own SaluteSpeech engine. voicybot is free and open source, and — unlike some transcription bots — works inside group chats, not just private messages.
voicetotext_ai_bot and voice_to_text_ai_bot are built specifically for group use, automatically converting every voice message posted in a chat, with a free file to test before their paid tier kicks in.
Free and open source, and works in group chats, not just private messages — forward a voice or add it to a chat.
Sber's official speech-recognition bot: send any audio message and get an accurate text transcript back, backed by Sber's own SaluteSpeech engine and over half a million monthly users.
Sber's official, free speech-recognition engine — send any audio message for an accurate transcript.
A Yandex-affiliated bot built to help with hearing speech and reading text, useful for turning voice messages and text into more accessible formats.
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A Yandex-affiliated bot for turning voice messages into more accessible text formats, free.
Transcribes audio and video into text, works in groups, and gives you one free file before switching to paid use — a straightforward group-friendly alternative to Voicy.
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Handles both audio and video, so it covers a recorded meeting, not just a short voice note — one free file, then paid.
Add this bot to any group chat and every voice message is automatically converted into readable text underneath it.
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Add it to a group and every voice message gets an automatic text version posted right underneath it.