EchoScribe

Turn a voice note or video note into plain text without leaving Telegram. EchoScribe is a Telegram transcription bot that converts spoken messages into written text automatically, so you can read a clip instead of playing it.

That helps when you are in a meeting, on a train, or just do not want to listen to a two-minute ramble.

EchoScribe handles English, Spanish, German, Italian and Chinese, plus 52 other languages, which makes it practical for mixed-language chats.

It also copes with mumbling, according to its makers, though accuracy on rough audio is something you will want to test yourself.

The speech recognition behind the bot is powered by Fruition.

Because everything runs inside Telegram, there is no separate app to install or learn.