Voicy: read the voice note instead

Someone just sent you a seven-minute voice note and you are in a quiet office with no headphones. Voicy fixes that: forward the message to the bot and a few seconds later you get the text. 🎙

It also does two less obvious things. It turns any regular video into a round Telegram video note, and it lets you fire off voice memes straight from the message field. More than 150,000 people use it every month.

Skim it instead of listening

The core feature is plain. Send or forward a voice message and Voicy replies with a written version. Audio files and videos work too, round video notes included.

The length cap is generous: up to 8 hours per file. That covers lectures, interviews and long calls, so this is useful well beyond short messages from friends.

• Links to videos. Paste a link from a popular video platform or social network and Voicy pulls the speech out of it.
• Summaries. For long recordings the bot can boil the transcript down to the main points.
• Translation. A Spanish voice note can come back as English text, and the same goes for other language pairs.
• Export. Save the result as Word, PDF, TXT or Markdown, handy for meeting minutes and study notes.

Round videos from your camera roll

Telegram normally lets you record a video note only live, straight from the camera. Voicy gets around that. Send it any clip from your gallery and it comes back as a circle, with an optional effect on top. 🌀

People use it for birthday greetings edited in advance, funny clips and good-looking sunsets that deserve a better format than a plain video. This part costs nothing.

Answer with a meme, not a sentence

The third trick lives in inline mode. In any chat, start typing the bot's name in the message box, pick a voice meme from the list and send it. You never have to open the bot itself. 🤣

It is the fastest way to reply with a well-known line in someone else's voice when recording your own feels awkward. The memes are free as well.

Pricing and what happens to your files

The first minute of transcription is free, enough to see how well it handles your own voice and accent. After that there is Voicy Pro with unlimited transcription and no ads. The bot shows the current price inside, so check there before paying.

The storage rules are clear. Original audio and video are deleted within 24 hours after processing, while finished transcripts stay for up to 30 days or until you delete them yourself. 🔒

A sensible habit with any transcription service: keep passwords, card numbers and medical details out of recordings you upload. Short retention helps, but the safest data is the data you never send.

Getting cleaner transcripts

1. Stay close to the mic. Street noise and background music hurt recognition more than anything else.
2. Pause between thoughts. Clear pauses help the model place punctuation and split sentences.
3. Double-check names. Surnames, brands and industry jargon are where any speech recognition slips most often.
4. Start long files with the summary. For an hour-long lecture, read the short version first, then jump into the full text where you need detail.

Voicy runs inside Telegram on phones and desktop. There is nothing extra to install and Telegram Premium is not required.