Formats and summary

Scribio gives the text of a long recording in three forms at once: inside the message, as a file and as a short summary. This page explains each.

Choosing the file format

Open Settings, then Transcript format, and pick one:

Format	Good for
TXT	plain text, the default, easy to copy
Markdown	an .md file for notes apps and wikis
Word	an editable document
PDF	reading and printing

The choice is saved. Every document has a header with the bot name, the title and the creation date, and a footer with the bot name. If Word or PDF cannot be built for some reason, the bot sends TXT instead, so you never lose the text.

What a long result contains

A long recording or a link comes back as one message, in this order:

1. the title and the thumbnail (for a link);
2. the audio track (for a link);
3. the transcript in a collapsible quote;
4. the file with the transcript;
5. the summary, in a collapsible quote;
6. a block with timecodes.

The message holds up to about 30,000 characters. If the text does not fit, the quote is shortened with a note and the full text stays in the file. A short voice message does not get any of this: it comes back as plain text, see voice messages and files to text.

Timecodes

The timecode block splits the text into pieces of about a minute, each with its start time, so you can find a moment in the recording. If the speech recognition returned no time marks, the transcript comes without the timecode block.

Speakers

For longer recordings, from 10 minutes, the text can be split by speakers: each piece starts with the speaker label, for example SPEAKER_1:. This works when the speech recognition server supports it, otherwise you get the text without labels.

Summary

A recording with enough text, 200 characters or more, also gets a summary: 4 to 8 points, each a complete thought from the recording, in the language you set for the bot. The summary is made by an AI model; it is a shortcut for reading, not a replacement for the text.

A short recording sent as a file (up to about 3,500 characters of text) gets no summary, and neither does a transcription in a group.

Questions

Can I get both TXT and PDF?

The bot sends the format you chose in Settings. To get another one, change the format and send the recording again. A link that was already transcribed comes back from the cache, in the new format.

Why is the text in the message shorter than in the file?

A message is limited by Telegram. The bot shortens the quote and says that the full version is in the file.

In what language is the summary?

In the language you set for the bot: the language button on the main screen changes it.