Kaldi Alternatives

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   CMU Sphinx

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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

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

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   Whishper

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   Transcribe any audio to text, translate and edit subtitles 100% locally with a web UI. Powered by whisper models!.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Windows

   

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   Aiko

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

   114 Aiko alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Audio Transcription

   Origin

   • Norway

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • iPhone
   • iPad
   • visionOS

   • Norway

   

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   TalkTastic

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   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

   • Audio Transcription

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

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   HTK

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   The Hidden Markov Model Toolkit (HTK) is a portable toolkit for building and manipulating hidden Markov models. HTK is primarily used for speech recognition research.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   BetterDictation

    1 like

   BetterDictation is your personal scribe. You speak, and it will quickly and flawless transcribe into any app.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Audio Transcription

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

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   Txtify

    1 like

   Free, open-source AI tool that turns audio, video, and YouTube links into text and subtitles — self-hosted with one Docker command, with optional DeepL translation.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Audio Transcription

   Origin

   • Greece
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Docker

   • Greece
   • EU

   

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    SpeechFlow

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    Accurate speech-to-text API for all languages beyond just English.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Audio Transcription

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Whisper AI Transcription

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    Transcribe audio and video files in a blink, automatically, all offline, and with highly accurate results. AI Transcription uses OpenAI’s Whisper technology and Apple Speech Recognition to convert speech (like in podcasts, presentations, lectures, or voice messages) into text...

    72 Whisper AI Transcription alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Audio Transcription
    • Video Transcription

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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    SRTWhisper

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    Transcribes video speech into subtitles using advanced AI models with multilingual translation, live subtitle editing and preview, robust quality checks, support for offline processing, customizable exports as SRT, ASS, or burnt-in, suitable for creators and professionals.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

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    LocalScribe

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    Open-source Mac application supporting local transcription of microphone, media, and system audio sources, with editable transcripts, live captions, privacy by design, export in TXT, Markdown, JSON, PDF, SRT, WebVTT, translation, and offline processing. Requires Apple silicon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Audio Transcription

    Origin

    • China

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • China

    

    

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    Earnote

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    Records lectures, meetings and calls and writes structured notes — transcription and AI run locally on your Mac. Free, open source, no account.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Audio Transcription

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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