AntiVoiceTgBot

Telegram inline bot that “plays” text like a voice note: it reveals your message gradually (chunk-by-chunk) at a selected speed, with an inline keyboard to show the full text or replay. This bot was created with a single purpose - to counter people who abuse voice messages. Built with C++23, CMake, and tgbot-cpp.

What it does

• Inline mode: type @anti_VM_bot some text in any chat → choose a speed preset.
• Gradual reveal: the bot edits the inline message repeatedly, revealing more words over time.
• Long text flow: save a longer text in a private chat, then send it via inline mode (Telegram inline mode limitations).
• Accumulative mode: keep the already-revealed text in the message while it grows.
• Inline keyboard actions:
  • Show full text (opens the full message in an alert)
  • Listen again (replays gradual reveal)

Bot commands

In private chat with the bot:

• /start — help + speed presets
• /save — start long-text flow (send the text after this command)
• /clear — delete saved text
• /a — option for inline query to enable “accumulative” mode (@anti_VM_bot /a your text)

How to use

1) Inline mode (quick messages)

1. In any chat, type: @anti_VM_bot hello this is a test
2. Pick a speed preset from the inline results
3. The message will start “playing” (gradually updating)

2) Long text flow

1. Send /save to the bot
2. Send the long text
3. In any chat, type: @anti_VM_bot (empty query)
4. Pick a speed preset

3) Accumulative mode

Use /a at the beginning of the inline query:

• @anti_VM_bot /a this text will accumulate

TODO

• Storage is in-memory (saved texts and message state reset on restart)
• “Premium” is currently a prototype

Future plans

For a closer look at asynchrony, I decided to create this bot using the userver framework, where modern technologies will already be added. Repo with userver framework