Free Dictanote AlternativesNote-taking & Audio Transcription Tools like Dictanote

The best free alternative to Dictanote is Vibe Transcribe, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Dictanote and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Dictanote are Handy STT, CherryTree, Trilium Notes and Cryptee.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon

    Vibe Transcribe

     57 likes

    Vibe is an auto transcription service that utilizes local language learning models (LLMs) or artificial intelligence to provide transcriptions for a wide range of languages. The service prioritizes user privacy by offering fully offline transcription, ensuring that no data ever...

    121 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Dictanote.

    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Dictanote.

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceDictanote is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Vibe Transcribe is Privacy focusedDictanote is not according to our users
  4. CherryTree icon

    CherryTree

     321 likes

    Hierarchical note-taking software that is free, open-source, cross-platform. Features include rich text, syntax highlighting, multi-level lists, embedded files, customizable interface, code execution, PDF export, spell check, images & tables, and comprehensive project management support.

    99 CherryTree alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
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  5. Trilium Notes icon

    Trilium Notes

     111 likes

    The original trilium is transfered to this repo by its owner and the app continues to develop here as stated here: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium

    372 Trilium Notes alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Trilium Notes is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Dictanote.

    • Trilium Notes is Free and Open SourceDictanote is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Trilium Notes is Privacy focused, Lightweight and CustomizableDictanote is not according to our users
  6. Cryptee icon

    Cryptee

     101 likes

    Cryptee is a safety and privacy focused, encrypted and cross-platform personal data storage service. You can write personal documents, notes, journals, store photos (including raw photos from DSLR cameras) and all sorts of other files.

    71 Cryptee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Cryptee is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Dictanote.

    • Cryptee is Freemium and Open SourceDictanote is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Cryptee is Privacy focused and LightweightDictanote is not according to our users
  7. FUTO Voice Input icon

    FUTO Voice Input

     37 likes

    FUTO Voice Input is an application that lets you do speech-to-text on Android, integrating with third party keyboards or apps that use the generic speech-to-text APIs.

    99 FUTO Voice Input alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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    • FUTO Voice Input is the most popular Android alternative to Dictanote.

    • FUTO Voice Input is Free and Open SourceDictanote is Freemium and Proprietary
    • FUTO Voice Input is Privacy focused and LightweightDictanote is not according to our users
  9. Voxtral icon

    Voxtral

     21 likes

    Voxtral models are state-of-the-art speech understanding models, which are available in two sizes — a 24B variant for production-scale applications and a 3B variant for local and edge deployments. Both versions are released under the Apache 2.0 license.

    76 Voxtral alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Hugging Face
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
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  10. Whisper icon

    Whisper

     24 likes

    Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and is also a multi-task model that can perform multilingual speech recognition as well as speech translation and language identification.

    126 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Notefox icon

    Notefox

     14 likes

    Take notes on every website in a smart and simple way.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  13. Milanote icon

    Milanote

     49 likes

    Milanote is an easy-to-use tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards.

    316 Milanote alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Milanote is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Dictanote.

    • Milanote is Freemium and ProprietaryDictanote is also Freemium and Proprietary
  14. TranscribeX icon

    TranscribeX

     8 likes

    TranscribeX is a powerful macOS app that converts your audio and video into accurate transcripts, translates them into over 100 languages, and helps you summarize or edit with advanced AI tools. Built with OpenAI Whisper and Nvidia Parakeet models, TranscribeX delivers accuracy...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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