Kaldi Alternatives

Apps similar to Kaldi include Vibe Transcribe, which is free and open source. Other options are FUTO Voice Input, Whisper, MacWhisper and EnviousWispr. You're spoiled for choice with Audio Transcription Tools like Kaldi: we list more than 25 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon
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    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.

    249 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Source Available

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  3. Whisper icon
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    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.

    242 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. MacWhisper icon
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    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.

    233 MacWhisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. EnviousWispr icon
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    Free, on-device AI dictation for macOS. Hold a hotkey, speak, paste polished text. No account, no cloud, no subscription.

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    • Mac
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  6. Aqua Voice icon
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    The slowest part of your computer is the keyboard. Aqua fixes that. Hold a key, talk, and your voice becomes clean text in any app - Gmail, Slack, Cursor, the terminal.

    180 Aqua Voice alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
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  7. Notes.ai icon
     3 likes

    Never miss a brilliant idea again: effortlessly transcribe meetings into Notion. Notes.ai + Notion = your ideas organized, your productivity unleashed.

    155 Notes.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. HoldSpeak icon
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    HoldSpeak is a AI-powered app that allows you to type 3x faster. It supports over 100 languages and works 100% offline.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Efficiently convert speech to text with this easy-to-navigate tool. Offers real-time transcription with secure storage on iCloud, supporting 20 languages from English to Vietnamese.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. SpeechPulse icon
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    SpeechPulse is a dictation software for Windows 10/11 and Apple Silicon Macs. It can type into any text input, including text editors, web browsers, and office applications. SpeechPulse works fully offline and doesn’t require any internet connectivity.

    153 SpeechPulse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. Simple, hackable offline speech to text - using the VOSK-API.

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    • Linux
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