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# @TranscribeVoiceBot review: voice messages to text

By [HandyBots team](https://handybots.tools/en/about/)  · Updated: November 5, 2026

- Free: 30 minutes a day
- @TranscribeVoiceBot

[Open in Telegram: @TranscribeVoiceBot](https://t.me/TranscribeVoiceBot?start=s_web_en_rvvoicetext) [Add to group: @TranscribeVoiceBot](https://t.me/TranscribeVoiceBot?startgroup=add&admin=invite_users)

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Verdict

@TranscribeVoiceBot is a good fit if you don't pay for Telegram Premium and want to read voice messages instead of listening: forward a recording and the text comes back, usually within half a minute for a short voice message. Its strongest feature is groups — as an admin it transcribes every voice message and round video note for everyone. The limits are 30 minutes of recordings a day and 20 minutes or 20 MB per recording.

## Key facts

| Price | Free: 30 minutes of recordings a day |
|---|---|
| What you send | Voice messages, round video notes, audio and video files |
| Per recording | Up to 20 minutes and 20 MB |
| Groups | Automatic transcription as an admin (up to 120 minutes a day per group), or reply /text |
| Speech recognition | Open-source Whisper model on our own server |
| Your recordings | Not kept after the reply — neither the audio nor the text |
| Out of free minutes? | Limits reset at 00:00 UTC; /invite gives 5 extra minutes per friend |
| Time to result (measured) | median 7.6 s, 90% within 46.7 s (1,812 results) |

Measured on real requests to our bots, from the button press to the reply: [What people do with video, stickers and PDFs in Telegram: data from 23,474 tasks](https://handybots.tools/en/data/telegram-video-sticker-pdf-usage-statistics/)

## Pros

- Works without Telegram Premium, for voice messages, video notes, audio and video files.
- Transcribes a whole group automatically when it is an admin.
- Speech is recognised on our own server, with no outside speech service.
- Understands dozens of languages.
- Recordings of 2 minutes or more come back in paragraphs with ⏱ time codes about every 30 seconds.

## Cons

- 30 minutes of recordings a day; each recording is rounded up to a whole minute.
- Recordings over 20 minutes or 20 MB are not accepted — split long lectures.
- Long recordings take noticeably longer than a short voice message.

## Who it's for

- People without Premium who get many voice messages.
- Work and study groups where not everyone can listen to audio.
- Anyone who needs the text of a short audio or video file.

## Who it's not for

- Hours of audio a day — the free limit is 30 minutes.
- Premium subscribers who only need private chats: Telegram's built-in transcription has no limit.

## Groups: what the bot needs

Add the bot to the group and make it an admin: then it sees every voice message and replies with the text, up to 120 minutes a day per group. Without admin rights, reply to a recording with /text and it transcribes just that one.

## Alternatives

- **Telegram Premium** — Built-in transcription without limits for subscribers ([Telegram](https://core.telegram.org/api/transcribe) ).
- **Telegram's free trial** — Users without Premium get a limited number of trial transcriptions a week; the number is set in Telegram's configuration.

## Frequently asked questions

**Is @TranscribeVoiceBot free?**

Yes. 30 minutes of recordings a day are free.

**Is @TranscribeVoiceBot safe?**

Recordings are downloaded to our own server, turned into text by the open-source Whisper model and deleted with the text after the reply. No outside speech service is used.

**Does it work in groups without admin rights?**

Partly: reply to a recording with /text. Automatic transcription of every voice message needs admin rights.

## Try it now — it's free

[**Voice to Text**](https://handybots.tools/en/bots/transcribevoicebot/) @TranscribeVoiceBot · Free: 30 minutes a day

[Open in Telegram: @TranscribeVoiceBot](https://t.me/TranscribeVoiceBot?start=s_web_en_rvvoicetext) [Add to group: @TranscribeVoiceBot](https://t.me/TranscribeVoiceBot?startgroup=add&admin=invite_users)

## Guides and lists for this bot

- [**How to transcribe voice messages to text**To turn a voice message into text, forward it to the free bot @TranscribeVoiceBot — it replies with the transcript.→](https://handybots.tools/en/guides/voice-message-to-text/)
- [**How to transcribe voice messages in a group chat**To get voice messages transcribed in a group, add the free bot @TranscribeVoiceBot to the group and make it an admin — it then replies to every voice message and round video with its text.→](https://handybots.tools/en/guides/transcribe-voice-messages-in-group-chat/)
- [TOP**Best free Telegram bots for everyday tasks**These are the free bots of the HandyBots family, the ones we build and run, each doing one everyday job right inside Telegram: send a file, get the result in the same chat.→](https://handybots.tools/en/guides/best-free-telegram-bots/)
- [TOP**Best Telegram bots for group chats**For a livelier group, add @ChatGamesForGroupsBot for charades, duels and a daily pick, and @TranscribeVoiceBot so every voice message also appears as text.→](https://handybots.tools/en/guides/best-telegram-bots-for-group-chats/)
- [TOP**Best Telegram bots for voice messages and audio**To read a voice message instead of listening, forward it to @TranscribeVoiceBot — it replies with the text, and in a group it transcribes every voice message for everyone, without Telegram Premium.→](https://handybots.tools/en/guides/best-telegram-bots-for-voice-messages/)
- [TOP**Best Telegram bots for students**For studying, the most useful free Telegram bots are @PhotoToPdfMakerBot (turn photos of notes or homework into one PDF, convert Word, Excel and PowerPoint to PDF, merge PDFs) and @TranscribeVoiceBot (turn a recorded lecture or a voice message into text).→](https://handybots.tools/en/guides/best-telegram-bots-for-students/)
- [TOP**Best free Telegram bots for small business and online sellers**For a small shop or a freelancer, the most useful free Telegram bots are @BgRemoverPhotoBot (product photos on a transparent background, no watermark), @PhotoToPdfMakerBot (scans, receipts and Office documents to PDF, merge and compress PDFs), @TranscribeVoiceBot (read customers' voice messages instead of listening, also in a work group) and @MakeVideoNoteBot (round video notes for your channel from an edited video).→](https://handybots.tools/en/guides/best-telegram-bots-for-small-business/)

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