Handy STT AlternativesOnly apps from the EU

The best alternative to Handy STT is Voxtral, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Handy STT and 12 are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Handy STT are Paraspeech, Transcription Pro, MacWhisper and xcribe.

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Handy STT alternatives are mainly Audio Transcription Tools, but if you're looking for Video Transcription Tools or Voice Changers you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Handy STT.
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  1. Voxtral icon
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    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.

    79 Voxtral alternatives

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    • Hugging Face
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
     
  2. Transcribe audio and video files automagically with simple drag-and-drop — even in batches! Be amazed by remarkable accuracy and rapid results.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
     
  3. MacWhisper icon
     11 likes

    Quickly and easily transcribe audio files into text with OpenAI's state-of-the-art transcription technology Whisper. Whether you're recording a meeting, lecture, or other important audio, MacWhisper quickly and accurately transcribes your audio files into text.

    112 MacWhisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. xcribe icon
     8 likes

    Privacy-focused transcription tool for macOS. For free. No ads, no tracking, no data collection.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Live transcription / translation, Text-to-Speech, Optical Character Recognition, Soundboard, Realtime Voice Changing, + Many Plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Dictly icon
     3 likes

    Dictly turns speech into polished, structured text — instantly and entirely on your device. No servers. No data collection. No delay.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. Murmure icon
     3 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...

    60 Murmure alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Audiotype is a transcription software that convert audio and video file into editable text transcript and subtitles. More than +10 000 users use Audiotype to transcribe their media files (video, podcast, recordings, MP4, MP3, interviews) into exportable transcripts or subtitles.

    86 Audiotype - Audio & Video Transcription alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Echo STT icon
     1 like

    Echo is a private, offline speech-to-text app powered by Whisper. 100% local processing, cross-platform (macOS, Windows, Linux), free and open source, privacy and local first.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. writeout.ai icon
     4 likes

    Transcribe and translate your audio files - for free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. whis icon
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    Voice-to-text CLI for terminal users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Wayland
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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