Voz a texto en Discord
Convierte cada canal de voz de Discord en texto que puedes buscar y compartir. NotesBot usa reconocimiento de voz con IA para capturar las conversaciones, transcribirlas identificando a cada orador y entregar resúmenes pulidos sin salir nunca de Discord.
How Voice-to-Text Works in Discord
Discord does not include built-in voice-to-text for voice channels. NotesBot fills that gap with a three-stage pipeline that converts live audio into organized, readable notes. Here is what happens behind the scenes when you use the /join command.
Audio Capture
NotesBot connects to your voice channel and records every participant in separate audio streams. Voice Activity Detection filters out silence and background noise, so only actual speech reaches the transcription engine. Two recording modes let you match the session: Meeting for structured notes on calls up to 2.5 hours, and D&D for narrative recaps on sessions up to 5 hours.
AI Transcription
Once you type /leave, NotesBot merges the individual audio streams and sends the combined recording to an enterprise-grade speech recognition API. The engine handles punctuation, capitalization, and speaker diarization automatically, producing a clean transcript that identifies who said what throughout the conversation.
Summary Generation
The raw transcript is then processed by a large language model that extracts key topics, decisions, action items, and responsibilities. The final output is posted in the channel your server sends notes to, formatted with emoji headers and bullet points so your team can scan it in seconds. By default the notes arrive in a thread under the text channel they post in rather than as loose messages, and /config switches that to plain messages.
More Than Raw Transcription
Basic speech-to-text tools give you a wall of unformatted text. That might work for a short voice message, but it falls apart for a 45-minute team standup or a two-hour planning session. NotesBot goes further by layering AI summarization on top of the transcript, so you get two outputs from every recording:
Full Transcript
A complete, speaker-labeled record of everything that was said, attached to the call as a timestamped .txt file so nobody has to leave Discord to read it. Punctuation and formatting are applied automatically. NotesBot also links the call on your dashboard, where you sign in with Discord to see the recording, the transcript and the summary together. If you want to hand the summary to someone outside the server, anyone who was on the call can mint a public share link from the dashboard; that is a deliberate step, never automatic.
AI Summary
A structured breakdown that groups related topics under clear headings, highlights decisions, and lists next steps with assigned responsibilities. The summary is designed to replace manual note-taking entirely, so everyone on your team stays aligned even if they missed the call.
You can also customize what NotesBot focuses on using the /config command. A custom prompt completely replaces the default one, so it has to describe the whole write-up you want, not just an extra instruction: the sections, the order and what to leave out. Start from the Meeting or D&D template and edit it rather than typing a single steer like "focus on budget decisions", which would drop the headings, the grounding rules and Next Steps along with everything else. /config is your own panel, and the settings that apply to a recording come from whoever's plan pays for it. On a server where one plan covers everyone, that is the account holder. Learn more about commands on the getting started guide.
Voice-to-Text Features
Real-Time Audio Capture
NotesBot records every participant in your voice channel simultaneously using per-speaker audio streams and voice activity detection to eliminate dead air.
AI-Powered Summaries
Go beyond raw transcription. A large language model distills your conversation into organized bullet points with topic headers, decisions, and action items.
Speaker Detection
Automatic speaker diarization labels who said what throughout the transcript, so you can attribute quotes and track individual contributions.
80+ Languages
The speech recognition engine supports more than 80 languages and their dialects, handling accents and code-switching between languages in the same call. Detection is automatic, with nothing to configure.
Custom Focus Prompts
Tell NotesBot what matters most with /config. Add a focus prompt and the AI prioritizes those topics, questions, or deliverables. On a shared plan, settings come from whoever's plan pays for the recording.
Searchable History
Every call is archived on your dashboard, and the summary NotesBot posts links straight to it. Sign in with Discord and search past conversations by keyword, speaker, or date.
NotesBot vs. Basic Speech-to-Text Tools
Most Discord voice-to-text solutions stop at raw transcription. NotesBot combines transcription with AI summarization to save your team hours of manual note-taking every week.
| Capability | NotesBot | Basic STT Bots |
|---|---|---|
| AI-generated summaries | Yes | No |
| Speaker identification | Automatic | Rarely |
| Action items & next steps | Extracted by AI | No |
| Custom focus prompts | Configurable | No |
| Language support | 80+ | Limited |
| Formatted output | Emoji headers & bullets | Plain text |
| Transcript file in Discord | Timestamped .txt, plus a dashboard archive | No |
| Recording modes | Meeting (2.5h) & D&D (5h) | Single mode |
Language Support for Discord Voice to Text
Global communities need a voice-to-text solution that works in their language. NotesBot leverages a speech recognition engine trained on more than 80 languages, so whether your server speaks English, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, or Hindi, the transcription and summary will be accurate and properly formatted.
The engine also handles multilingual conversations where speakers switch between languages mid-sentence, and summaries come back in the dominant language of the call. The spoken language is detected automatically on every call, so there is nothing to configure.
View all supported languagesFrequently Asked Questions
How does Discord voice to text work with NotesBot?
NotesBot joins your Discord voice channel when you type /join. It captures audio from every participant, processes it through AI-powered speech recognition, and delivers a full transcript along with an organized summary when you type /leave. By default the notes arrive in a thread under the text channel they post in rather than as loose messages, and /config switches that to plain messages. The transcript comes with it as a timestamped .txt file in Discord, and the whole call is archived on your dashboard at notesbot.io.
Is the voice-to-text transcription accurate?
NotesBot records every participant on their own 48 kHz stream and sends that to a top-tier speech model, which is what keeps accents, technical jargon and overlapping speakers legible: nobody is talking over anybody in the audio the model actually hears. It applies punctuation, capitalization, and text formatting automatically, so the output reads like a polished document rather than raw dictation.
Can NotesBot transcribe voice channels with multiple speakers?
Yes. NotesBot includes automatic speaker diarization, which means it detects and labels individual speakers throughout the conversation. The final transcript and summary attribute statements to specific participants so you always know who said what.
What languages does Discord voice to text support?
NotesBot supports more than 80 languages for voice-to-text transcription, including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, and many more. The spoken language is detected automatically on every call, so there is nothing to configure. Visit the languages page for the full list and the accuracy tier of each one.
Do I need to install anything to use voice to text on Discord?
No installation is required. NotesBot is a Discord bot that you add to your server with a single click. Once added, any member with the right permissions can use /join to start capturing voice to text. There is nothing to download, configure, or host yourself.
Each Discord account gets a one-time 30-minute free trial with no credit card, and it does not renew. Trials are also capped per server: three people and an hour and a half of trial time in total, and a server covered by team billing skips trials altogether. Paid plans run from $3 to $40 per month, 5 to 100 hours of recording. There is also Annual at $96 a year: 240 hours for the year, granted up front. Hours reset each cycle and do not roll over. See every plan.