How to Convert Telegram Voice Messages to Text

A voice message always lands at the worst possible moment: you're in a meeting, on a noisy bus, or somewhere you just can't put your headphones in. Instead of asking the sender to type it out, let a Telegram bot handle it — transcription bots turn voice messages, audio, and even video into plain text you can read anywhere.

They all work the same way: forward a voice message to the bot, and a few seconds later it replies with the text. Many also accept audio and video files, detect the spoken language automatically, and work in group chats.

How to convert a voice message to text

1. Open one of the bots below and press Start.
2. Forward the voice message to the bot (or record a new one right in that chat).
3. Wait a few seconds — the bot replies with the transcribed text.

In a group it's even easier: add the bot as a member, and it will transcribe every voice message automatically, so nobody has to listen.

Bots to try

• Transcriber Bot — transcribes voice messages in 20+ speech languages, and also reads text from photos (OCR), scans QR codes, and can translate; works in chats and groups.
• Speech to Text Robot — converts voice messages, audio, and video files to text: 99+ languages with auto-detection, translation, summaries, and files up to 2 GB.
• Voicy — converts voice messages and audio files (MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC) to text using Google Speech or Wit.ai, in private chats or groups.
• SteosVoice — mainly a text-to-speech bot, but it also recognizes voice messages and can even clone voices.
• Text To Speach Bot — the reverse direction: turns any text into spoken audio with Google voices, with adjustable language and speed.

A few things to keep in mind

Accuracy depends on the recording: clear speech in a quiet room transcribes almost perfectly, while background noise, mumbling, or a rare language lowers the quality. Long recordings take longer to process — give the bot a minute or two. And if you need the opposite — turning text into speech — Text To Speach Bot reads any text aloud with Google voices, with adjustable language and speed.

More bots like these are in the Voice & Audio category.