Telegram voice chat to quotes with timestamps in Russian
Telegram voice chat to quotes with timestamps in Russian: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
What the Telegram stores is what the engine needs. The Russian speech becomes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
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Start the Voice Chat
The owner of the group starts a Voice Chat; the members join it whenever they want
- 2
Send the file to the engine
The Telegram voice chat goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is Russian, and the list of quotations comes back into the chat.
- 3
Ask for the list of quotations
The instruction that is set for this task goes through the transcript of the Telegram voice chat and writes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; nothing is added that was not said.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Telegram voice chat is in Russian, and the widget carries that setting for the list of quotations.
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Check the file before the upload
A file of any type - a document, a zip or an mp3 - can be up to 2 GB
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
What Telegram keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
A Voice Chat is started in any group: it is an ongoing audio chat that the members of the group can join whenever they want.
- What the file is
A Live Story is a live broadcast that appears in the stories of the user; the viewers can write comments during the stream.
- What can go wrong
The owner of a channel can host a Live Stream with an unlimited number of viewers.
- What the platform says
Telegram supports end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls and group calls for up to 200 participants.
- What the platform says
A file of any type - a document, a zip or an mp3 - can be up to 2 GB.
- Length of one file
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
- Free plan
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
- Pro plan
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
What the recording does not give you
A Voice Chat is started in any group: it is an ongoing audio chat that the members of the group can join whenever they want. The Telegram voice chat is only the input: the engine reads the Russian speech and writes the list of quotations out of the transcript.
Tips
The sections of the list of quotations are the same for every recording.
A recording of the Telegram voice chat in Russian is read as Russian.
The file of the Telegram voice chat stays on your own disk.
Telegram keeps less than 100 MB on the device: the media stays in the cloud and the cache is cleared by hand.
The groups of Telegram hold up to 200,000 members.
Questions about Telegram voice chat and quotes with timestamps
What does the Telegram say about the Telegram voice chat?
The owner of a channel can host a Live Stream with an unlimited number of viewers. The engine reads the Russian speech of the Telegram voice chat and writes the list of quotations from that text.
Which problems can come with the Telegram voice chat?
The groups of Telegram hold up to 200,000 members. The engine does not change the file of the Telegram voice chat; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
Who reads the list of quotations after the Telegram voice chat is sent?
the editor of the interview. The transcript of the Telegram voice chat is read first, and the list of quotations comes out of it in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
Is there a limit to the length of the Telegram voice chat?
One file of the Telegram voice chat may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Telegram voice chat?
Bring the file of the Telegram voice chat to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the list of quotations with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Interview to quotes with timestampsThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- TTelegram FAQ (read 2026-10-25)telegram.org · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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