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.
Telegram voice chat to show notes in English
Telegram voice chat to show notes in English: 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.
A English Telegram voice chat is read once and comes back as the show notes. The answer keeps the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes and the time of every line, and the free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
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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
Hand the file over
The file of the Telegram voice chat is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the show notes.
- 3
Run the instruction of the show notes
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Telegram voice chat as the producer of the episode, and the show notes comes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The speech of the Telegram voice chat is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the show notes is written.
- 5
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
A Live Story is a live broadcast that appears in the stories of the user; the viewers can write comments during the stream.
The owner of a channel can host a Live Stream with an unlimited number of viewers.
Telegram supports end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls and group calls for up to 200 participants.
A file of any type - a document, a zip or an mp3 - can be up to 2 GB.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
What the recording does not give you
The file of the Telegram voice chat is what the Telegram keeps. 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 engine reads the English speech, and the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes come out of it.
Tips
Read the sections of the show notes before you send it on.
Mark the language of the speech of the Telegram voice chat.
Take the file of the Telegram voice chat as soon as you have it.
The groups of Telegram hold up to 200,000 members.
Telegram keeps less than 100 MB on the device: the media stays in the cloud and the cache is cleared by hand.
Questions about Telegram voice chat and show notes
Which problems can come with the Telegram voice chat?
The owner of a channel can host a Live Stream with an unlimited number of viewers. The engine does not change the file of the Telegram voice chat; it reads it as it is and writes the show notes.
What does the Telegram say about the Telegram voice chat?
The groups of Telegram hold up to 200,000 members. The engine reads the English speech of the Telegram voice chat and writes the show notes from that text.
How is the show notes built from the Telegram voice chat?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; every line comes from the transcript of the Telegram voice chat.
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 show notes with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Podcast episode to show notesThe 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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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.