Handy STT Alternatives

Handy STT is described as 'Free, open source speech-to-text app for desktop, works fully offline, prioritizes privacy, extensibility, cross-platform support, and accessibility' and is a popular audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Handy STT for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Handy STT alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Handy STT are OpenWhispr, Voxtral, FUTO Voice Input and TypeWhisper.

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  1. 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
     
  2. 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.

    42 Buzz Captions alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. Simple, hackable offline speech to text - using the VOSK-API.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Mumble AI icon
     1 like

    Voice-first AI for meeting notes, voice notes, and dictation. 5× faster than typing. Just speak, and it's done.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5.  6 likes

    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
     
  6. 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
     
  7. Amphion icon
     1 like

    Amphion is a toolkit for Audio, Music, and Speech Generation. Its purpose is to support reproducible research and help junior researchers and engineers get started in the field of audio, music, and speech generation research and development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
     
  8. Aiko icon
     2 likes

    High-quality on-device transcription. Easily convert speech to text from meetings, lectures, and more.

    111 Aiko alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
     
  9. TalkTastic icon
     1 like

    Write with your voice in any app on macOS. Faster and more accurate than ChatGPT, Google and OpenAI Whisper. Start talking. Stop typing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  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. Vocol icon
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    Vocol is an AI transcription software and a one-stop voice collaboration platform designed to boost work efficiency by turning voice and data into actionable insights.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. AudioNotes app allows you to effortlessly record, transcribe, and enhance audio from anywhere using AI. Whether you're capturing thoughts, ideas, interviews, meetings, or lectures, this app has you covered.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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