Open Source Speech Note AlternativesText to Speech Services and other similar apps like Speech Note

The best open source alternative to Speech Note is Work by Speech. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Speech Note and eight of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Speech Note are Nerd Dictation, Mycroft Mimic, CMU Sphinx and Simon Speech Recognition.

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Note taking and reading with Speech to Text and Text to Speech.

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Speech Note alternatives page was last updated Apr 28, 2025
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  1. Work by Speech icon

    Work by Speech

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    Work by Speech is the first program in the world that allows efficient work on a computer by speech without needing a keyboard and mouse.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Work by Speech screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Voice recognition
    3.  Speech Recognition
    4.  Speech to text
    5.  Voice to Text
    6.  Dictation
    7.  Custom commands
    8.  Macro Recording

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    • Work by Speech is the most popular Open Source alternative to Speech Note.

    • Work by Speech is Free and Open SourceSpeech Note is also Free and Open Source

  2. Nerd Dictation

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    Simple, hackable offline speech to text - using the VOSK-API.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Text dictated using Nerd Dictation

    Nerd Dictation Features

    1.  Speech Recognition
    2.  Voice recognition
    3.  Speech to text

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    • Nerd Dictation is the most popular Linux alternative to Speech Note.

    • Nerd Dictation is Free and Open SourceSpeech Note is also Free and Open Source
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    Mycroft Mimic

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    Mimic is a powerful TTS tool. Mimic is low-latency and has a small resource footprint. Its range of high quality voices also set it apart from other open source text-to-speech projects.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The last version (v1.3.0.1) is from March 2020.

    Mycroft Mimic Features

    1.  Text to Speech

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  5. CMU Sphinx

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    CMU Sphinx is a speaker-independent large vocabulary continuous speech recognizer released under BSD style license. It is also a collection of open source tools and resources that allows researchers and developers to build speech recognition systems.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    CMU Sphinx Features

    1.  Voice recognition
    2.  Speech to text

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  6. Simon Speech Recognition

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    Simon is an open source speech recognition program that can replace your mouse and keyboard. The system is designed to be as flexible as possible and will work with any language or dialect.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Simon Speech Recognition screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    no more from 2016

    Simon Speech Recognition Features

    1.  Voice recognition
    2.  Speech Recognition

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    Gespeaker

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    Gespeaker is a GTK+ frontend for espeak. It allows to play a text in many languages with settings for voice, pitch, volume, speed and word gap. The text played can also be recorded to WAV file.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Gespeaker screenshot 1

    Gespeaker Features

    1.  Text to Speech

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    Simple TTS Reader

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    Simple TTS Reader is a small clipboard reader. Simply copy any text, and it will be read aloud. You can choose any installed speech engine, e.g. Microsoft Anna. This text-to-speech utility can also be minimized to tray.

    72 Simple TTS Reader alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Simple TTS Reader screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.2, released in October 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website

    Simple TTS Reader Features

    1.  Text to Speech

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    Wryte

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    Dictation software for blogger and other webworkers.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Wryte screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last updated on August 2016. The available Appimage crashes.

    Wryte Features

    1.  Speech Recognition
    2.  Dictation
    3.  Voice recognition

    Wryte VS Speech Note

     
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