HoldSpeak AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like HoldSpeak

HoldSpeak is described as 'AI-powered app that allows you to type 3x faster. It supports over 100 languages and works 100% offline' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to HoldSpeak for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, iPhone, Windows and iPad apps. The best HoldSpeak alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HoldSpeak are Handy STT, FUTO Voice Input, Voxtral and Whisper.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon
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    Vibe is an auto transcription service that utilizes local language learning models (LLMs) or artificial intelligence to provide transcriptions for a wide range of languages. The service prioritizes user privacy by offering fully offline transcription, ensuring that no data ever...

    117 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to HoldSpeak.

    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to HoldSpeak.

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceHoldSpeak is Paid and Proprietary
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    FUTO Voice Input is an application that lets you do speech-to-text on Android, integrating with third party keyboards or apps that use the generic speech-to-text APIs.

    96 FUTO Voice Input alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
     
    • FUTO Voice Input is the most popular Android alternative to HoldSpeak.

    • FUTO Voice Input is Free and Open SourceHoldSpeak is Paid and Proprietary
  3. 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.

    75 Voxtral alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Hugging Face
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
     
    • Voxtral is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to HoldSpeak.

    • Voxtral is Freemium and Open SourceHoldSpeak is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Whisper icon
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    Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and is also a multi-task model that can perform multilingual speech recognition as well as speech translation and language identification.

    123 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Spokenly icon
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    Experience effortless voice-to-text on your Mac. Speak your thoughts, and let modern AI handle the typing—no hidden data collection, no distractions.

    64 Spokenly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
     
    • Spokenly is the most popular iPhone alternative to HoldSpeak.

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryHoldSpeak is Paid and Proprietary
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    TalkNotes turns audio into structured notes, todos, flashcards, and transcripts using AI transcription in 100+ languages. Automatically capture lectures, meetings, or any speech into actionable text, ensuring tasks never get lost, with user-friendly accessibility for everyone.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • TalkNotes.tech is the most popular SaaS alternative to HoldSpeak.

    • TalkNotes.tech is the most popular commercial alternative to HoldSpeak.

    • TalkNotes.tech is Paid and ProprietaryHoldSpeak is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Paraspeech icon
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    Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. TranscribeX icon
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    TranscribeX is a powerful macOS app that converts your audio and video into accurate transcripts, translates them into over 100 languages, and helps you summarize or edit with advanced AI tools. Built with OpenAI Whisper and Nvidia Parakeet models, TranscribeX delivers accuracy...

    53 TranscribeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Moonshine AI icon
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    Moonshine is a family of speech-to-text models optimized for fast and accurate automatic speech recognition (ASR) on resource-constrained devices. It is well-suited to real-time, on-device applications like live transcription and voice command recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Fluid AI icon
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    Never pay to convert speech to text. Fluid transforms your voice into text instantly with NVIDIA's fastest AI model, processing locally on your Mac with complete privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Ito.ai icon
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    Ito transforms your voice into perfect text anywhere on Mac. Speak naturally, and our AI crafts polished messages for any context.

    57 Ito.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
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