The free Telegram bot that summarizes voice messages.
@vskipbot turns any forwarded Telegram voice message into a 3-line text summary in about 3 seconds. No signup, no link-in-bio, no oauth dance — add the bot, forward a voice, get the gist. Here's how it works, what it can do that the iOS app can't, and what it can't do that the iOS app can.
The 30-second demo
- Open Telegram → search @vskipbot → tap Start.
- In any chat, long-press a voice message → Forward → pick VSkip.
- The bot replies: "Processing your voice message…"
- ~3 seconds later: a text summary arrives with action items and sentiment tag.
That's the whole UX. No screens to tap through, no tabs, no paywall in your face. The bot is free — and so is the iOS app, with every feature unlocked.
What you get per voice message
The bot's reply format is compact on purpose — Telegram message bubbles get visually noisy past a certain height, so we keep it to what fits on one mobile screen:
[!] Summary
Meeting confirmed for Tuesday 3pm at the office.
He'll bring the Q3 numbers and the contracts.
Action items
- Prep Q3 slides (Tuesday)
- Review the contract draft (before Tuesday)
Summaries right from WhatsApp's Share menu, plus widget and daily digest — free iOS app: apps.apple.com/app/vskipThe [!] prefix appears only when sentiment is urgent or angry. Action items only appear when the voice actually contains them — a casual "just wanted to say hi" voice won't get an empty Action items section.
The /digest command
The feature that makes the bot feel less like a one-shot utility and more like a companion: /digest replays every voice you've forwarded today as a numbered list with timestamps:
Today's digest — 3 voices · 1 urgent
1. 09:14 — Mom reminds you about dinner on Sunday.
2. [!] 13:47 — Boss needs the deck before the 3pm call.
3. 17:02 — Sarah confirms brunch, Saturday 11am.
Get this as a daily push at the time you pick + cross-device history:
apps.apple.com/app/vskipUseful right before a calendar check, end of workday, or before bed. The bot's digest is in-memory and resets at midnight (server time). For a persistent digest with a scheduled push notification at the hour you choose, the iOS app handles that.
Language control — /language
Type /language to see a list of 15 target languages (English, Russian, Kazakh, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Ukrainian), plus auto-detect. Pick one — e.g. /language en — and all your summaries land in that language regardless of what language the source voice was recorded in.
Separately, the bot's own interface (greeting, help, digest header, error messages) is localized into English, Russian, German, Spanish, and French. It reads your Telegram account's language_code automatically — German Telegram users see German bot chrome from the very first /start, no configuration.
What the bot can do that the iOS app can't
- Android compatibility. The iOS app is iPhone-only; the bot works from Telegram on Android, iPhone, desktop, web, literally anywhere Telegram runs.
- Zero install friction. No App Store gate, no install. You can try it mid-scroll, see if it fits, never commit.
- In-chat visibility. Your summaries stay in the @vskipbot chat as a searchable history, not locked inside an app.
What the iOS app can do that the bot can't
- Share sheet from any messenger. The bot only works for Telegram voices. The app works for WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, Viber, Discord, and anything that exposes voice to the iOS Share sheet.
- Home Screen widget. Today's voice digest visible at a glance in small / medium / large sizes with sentiment colors. Widget feature page.
- Scheduled daily digest push. Bot's
/digestis on-demand. The app sends one push at your chosen evening time (default 8 PM), silenced if you have fewer than 2 voices for the day. Digest feature page. - Back Tap + Action Button deep links. Two taps on the back of your phone → today's digest opens. Setup guide.
- AI Chat on any summary. Ask follow-up questions — "what deadline did she mention?" — without re-listening.
- 7 output templates. Meeting notes, email draft, SOAP, legal case, interview framework. Useful for specific professional workflows.
- Action items → Apple Reminders. One tap sends every extracted task to the Reminders app with its deadline.
- Native iPhone workflow. No forwarding step — share straight from the messenger, results land in History. The app is free too, with every feature unlocked.
- No cold-start latency. The bot's backend auto-stops when idle (Fly.io free tier) so the first request of the day takes ~3-5 extra seconds to wake the VM. The iOS app's calls hit warm infrastructure.
When to use which
Honest decision matrix:
- Use the bot if you're on Android, you want to try voice-summarization before committing, or your voice messages are mostly on Telegram.
- Use the iOS app if you're on iPhone and want the Widget + Daily Digest experience, you get voice messages from multiple messengers, you want Back Tap integration, or you want AI Chat and templates on every summary.
If you start with the bot and like it, moving to the app is one App Store tap — and it's free too.
Privacy
Same as the iOS app: audio files are deleted from our server immediately after processing, we don't keep the original voice, no account, no email, no Apple ID. The bot keeps only your Telegram user ID (for abuse protection and your /language setting). Voice messages forwarded to the bot are processed by Groq (Whisper Large V3 + GPT-OSS 120B) and never sent to OpenAI. Full details in the privacy policy.
Known quirks
- If the bot was idle for a while, the first forward of your day may take ~5-6 seconds instead of ~3 while the backend wakes up. Subsequent forwards are fast.
- The bot supports
.ogg,.opus,.m4a,.mp3, and.wav— all Telegram voice formats plus most common audio attachments. - Audio files are capped at 25 MB. Telegram's own cap is 50 MB for regular users, 2 GB for Premium, but anything larger than 25 MB exits our safety bound.
- The bot's digest is in-memory only and wipes at midnight (UTC-based server time). For persistent cross-device history, use the iOS app.
Try @vskipbot right now
No signup. Open Telegram → t.me/vskipbot → tap Start → forward a voice → see the 3-second speed.
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