Gladia Transcribe Bot

This is a maubot to transcribe voice messages automatically.

It uses the Gladia api which offers a free tier to transcribe up to 10 hours/month. This should be more than enough for your incoming voice messages.

Get yourself a Gladia API key and set it in the configuration.

Usage

By default, the bot automatically transcribes any incoming voice message. However, you can control its behavior:

• Disable in large groups: You can set a limit on the maximum number of participants in a room for automatic transcription by configuring max_room_participants. This allows you to disable automatic transcription for large groups to save API usage. Set it to 0 to transcribe everywhere regardless of room size.
• Manual transcription via reaction: If automatic transcription is skipped (e.g., in a large group), you can still trigger the transcription manually by reacting to the voice message with the ✍️ (:writing-hand:) emoji.

Rationale

I hate when I receive a voice message. It's really inconvenient to listen to it and there's no quick glance function. Having the transcript is much easier.