Handy STT Alternatives

Handy STT is described as 'A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Handy STT for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Windows, iPhone and Linux apps. The best Handy STT alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Handy STT are FUTO Voice Input, Voxtral, Spokenly and Whisper.

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  1. AI Audio Kit icon
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    A straightforward macOS application that allows the user to use different Whisper services (OpenAI API, Runpod Faster Whisper) from your macOS desktop. You have the flexibility to use your own API key, ensuring that you only incur charges for the services you actively use.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Whisper Mate icon
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    Batch transcribe audio files or movie files into text with OpenAI's Whisper AI Model. With an embed subtitles editor to preview the transcription result segment by segment. All transcribe operation is processing in local machine. Keep your privacy safe.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Letterly icon
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    Letterly is a mobile app that converts any speech to clear and well-structured text. It's more than just a transcription. With the help of AI, you can transform your voice into structured notes, catchy social media posts, readable meeting summaries, formal emails and much more

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  4. txtplay.ai icon
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    Txtplay.ai delivers AI-powered real-time captioning, transcription, and translation for TV and online streaming. It integrates with encoders like PixelPower and Evertz, plus OVPs such as Kaltura and Brightcove. Cloud, hybrid, or on-prem — accessible and multilingual.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Buzz Captions icon
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    Buzz Captions is an offline audio transcription and translation tool powered by OpenAI's Whisper model. It allows users to import audio and video files to generate transcripts in CSV, SRT, TXT and VTT formats.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. Notah AI icon
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    AI executive assistant that records Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, Webex; transcribes and makes instant summaries: decisions, action items, minutes, smart titles. Search/tag, jump to quotes, export/share.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Supernormal is the AI platform that helps you write meeting notes 20x faster.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Windows Speech Recognition makes using a keyboard and mouse optional. You can control your PC with your voice and dictate text instead.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The Transcriber is a free and ad free, offline live audio transcriber that works straight out of the box. No additional downloads needed once the application is installed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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