Transcrib Si vs TAK! TEXT: a Telegram transcription bot compared honestly
TAK! TEXT is the strongest bot in this sample: it names its operator, it publishes its plans, it separates the speakers in a recording and it deletes the audio right after the recognition. It is also a bot, so it lives in Telegram and nowhere else. We are a transcription service with a REST API you can call from your own pipeline, export formats for subtitles and spreadsheets, and our Telegram bot is still in beta.
What we compared, and how
Every cell of the other column comes from a public page that was read on 24 October 2026. The last column of the table links to that page, so you can check the number yourself. Where a page could not be read, the cell says "no data" — we do not fill it from advertising, from a catalogue or from memory.
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The facts about the bot: name, where it lives, who publishes it, when it was read.
Where TAK! TEXT is better
- Published plans. Free, Start, Pro and Power with the price and the allowance on the page, paid with Telegram Stars or a card. We publish our plans too, but our bot cannot be paid for yet, because it is in beta.
- One message, many languages. A wide language list with automatic detection, and a translation layer on top; the exact count is in the table below.
- Big files. Much larger files per message than we accept, and no cut-off in minutes on the paid plans; the exact limits are in the table below.
- The speakers. Speaker separation on every plan, including the free one, with time markers through the recording.
- Where the audio sits. Servers in Germany, and the audio is deleted right after the recognition by their own statement.
Where Transcrib Si is better
- Formats, and subtitles. TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV and DOCX - SRT and VTT are timed files you can put under a video. Their own site names "videos into subtitles" as a job the bot does, but the only export in its published plan table is PDF and TXT.
- An API and an MCP server. The MCP server and the plugins for Claude and ChatGPT, so the transcript lands in the tool you already work in. Their bot has no public API.
- Russian and mixed Russian-English. Our engine is built for that speech and that mix, which is the normal case in a Russian office. Their bot is better at languages; ours is better at this one.
- A file you can hand over. A recorded meeting arrives as a file; you can send it to us, to a colleague or to a client. A bot is convenient for a voice note and awkward for a long interview.
- The transcript is the transcript. One segment per line, with a start and an end time, and the speaker on request. Their bot can also summarise and answer questions, which we do not do in the engine.
Who should pick which
- Pick TAK! TEXT if you live in Telegram, if you record in many languages, or if you want a bot that separates a lot of speakers in a recorded meeting.
- Pick Transcrib Si if the text has to leave the chat as a file: subtitles, a spreadsheet, a Word document or a line in your own system.
- Pick either if a free tier decides it. Theirs is a trial with a short recording and a handful of AI requests; ours is a daily allowance without a card. The exact numbers are in the table above.
Put a file on the page and read the first lines.
The widget below is the same one as on the home page: file → transcript with timecodes and speakers → export. Sign in and the transcript moves into your account.
Drop an audio or video file
or — mp3, wav, m4a, mp4
Transcription runs without an account: sign in to keep the text, the history and the exports.
No account yet? The free plan needs no card. Create a free account or sign in.
Questions this page answers.
Is TAK! TEXT a Telegram bot or a web service?
A Telegram bot with a web page of its own. You send it a voice message, a video note, an audio or video file, or a link, and it answers in the chat. There is no public API and no agent integration.
What does TAK! TEXT cost?
The price and the allowance are published on its own site and the page carries the reading date. In short: a free plan with a small allowance that renews on a schedule, then monthly plans with more minutes, and one-time packages of minutes that do not renew. Every number in the table above links to the page it came from.
Which one supports more languages?
TAK! TEXT. Its site states a long language list with automatic detection. Our service is Russian and English, and we do not promise anything we cannot do.
Can TAK! TEXT give me subtitles?
Yes, by their own description, and the export list is where the detail sits. Their site names "videos into subtitles" as one of the jobs the bot does for content creators, while the only export in their published plan table reads "Export PDF / TXT". We export SRT and VTT as timed files, plus Markdown, CSV and DOCX.
Is the Transcrib Si Telegram bot running?
Not yet. The handle and the link to it are placeholders in our own site data, and the status there is still "placeholder": the bot is not registered yet, it does not answer, and we do not promise functions it does not have. Everything else on this page - the service, the API, the exports and the prices - is live today.
Related pages.
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Transcrib Si vs Transcriber Bot
A Telegram transcription bot that publishes no tariff page.
The web services we compare with, in one list.
Our plans in full.
Mark Burmistrov, Founder.
Every number on this page comes from the service contract, the pricing page or the public page of the other service, with the date it was read. The author of the page and the publisher of the site are the same person. Questions and corrections: support@transcrib.si.