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

The best open source alternative to Speech Note is Handy STT. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Speech Note and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Speech Note are Vibe Transcribe, TypeWhisper, Quobi and FnScribe.

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  1. Handy STT icon
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    Free open source speech-to-text app for desktop runs fully offline, keeping transcription and audio data private. Extensible and customizable, supports accessibility, cross-platform use, and community-driven modifications. No subscriptions or internet requirement.

    139 Handy STT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Vibe Transcribe icon
     72 likes

    Delivers offline transcription of audio and video using local AI for privacy, supports batch processing, multi-language input, real-time preview, multi-format export, English translation, direct printing, system audio, microphone input, CLI, and setup customization on Windows, Linux, or macOS.

    262 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. TypeWhisper icon
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    Runs privacy-focused speech-to-text locally on macOS, enabling system-wide dictation, batch audio and video file transcription, multi-engine support, drag-and-drop workflows, per-app profiles, searchable history, subtitle export with timestamps, and automation integration.

    112 TypeWhisper alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  4. Quobi icon
     14 likes

    Open-source voice dictation transcribes and cleans speech locally using Parakeet and Quill models, offers Verbatim, Tidy, and Formatted modes, ensures privacy, requires no fees, accounts, or cloud, and inserts polished text directly into any application.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. FnScribe icon
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    Speak freely. It stays with you. FnScribe turns your voice into text entirely on your Mac. No account, no cloud transcription, and no archive of what you said.

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    • Mac
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  6. Rekody icon
     12 likes

    Open-source Mac dictation tool offering real-time, private voice-to-text conversion in any app using an Alt+Space shortcut, with hands-free and CLI options. Keeps all data local without accounts or analytics, making it suitable for privacy-conscious users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  7. Whisper icon
     28 likes

    An open-source, end-to-end speech recognition system trained on 680,000 hours of diverse audio, providing multilingual transcription, to-English translation, language identification, phrase-level timestamps, and high performance in real-world scenarios using transformer architecture.

    256 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Transcribing in different languages
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  8. Murmure icon
     6 likes

    A privacy-first, open-source speech-to-text application that runs entirely on your machine, powered by a neural network via NVIDIA’s Parakeet model for fast, local transcription. Murmure turns your voice into text with no internet connection and zero data collection, and...

    120 Murmure alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Scrib icon
     1 like

    On-device voice transcription. Your audio never leaves your phone.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  10. Outspoke icon
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    A privacy-focused speech-to-text keyboard(IME) for Android. Speech recognition runs entirely on-device - no internet needed after the initial model download, no account, no data leaving your phone.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  11. TuxTalk icon
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    Free, offline push-to-talk voice dictation for Linux. Hold a key, talk, let go, and your words are typed wherever your cursor is. Works on Wayland and X11.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Hold F8, talk, let go: your words are typed where your cursor is
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  12. Supertonic TTS is a high-performance, on-device text-to-speech (TTS) system for Android. It uses Supertonic ONNX models to provide high-quality speech synthesis entirely offline, ensuring privacy and availability without an internet connection.

    89 Supertonic TTS alternatives

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    • Android
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