MacWhisper Alternatives for Windows

MacWhisper is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MacWhisper and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to MacWhisper are Whisper, WhisperTyping, OmniDictate and Memo AI.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon

    Vibe Transcribe

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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...

    118 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Vibe Transcribe as an Alternative to MacWhisper
    Guest
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    Seems to do the trick a clean an neat way. It's a shame that MacOS security rings so many alarm bells, as it's downloaded from internet and not signed when installing and running.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to MacWhisper.

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

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceMacWhisper is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Vibe Transcribe is Privacy focusedMacWhisper is not according to our users
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    Whisper

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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.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Whisper as an Alternative to MacWhisper
    Matt
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    While MacWhisper is built around Whisper, it is a user-friendly GUI frontend to locally run various WhisperAI models on a Mac. This is just the core written in Python - not user-friendly

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    • Whisper is Freemium and Open SourceMacWhisper is Freemium and Proprietary
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    WhisperTyping

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    WhisperTyping is voice typing software using the Whisper model for the best-in-class dictation experience. Make use of it’s AI modes to write better and faster, get answers to pending questions and run commands, all by using your voice.

    23 WhisperTyping alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    WhisperTyping for speaking to ChatGPT.
     
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    OmniDictate

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    Free, open-source, real-time dictation for Windows. Runs locally (no cloud!), uses AI, and types directly into any application via a user-friendly GUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    WhisperTranscribe

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    Transcribe any audio and get fast and accurate transcripts with timestamps using AI. Generate new content from the transcripts such as summaries, blog-posts, social media posts or your own custom content with GPT prompts. No subscription required.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Mac
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    Buzz Captions

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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    SpeechPulse

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Allows you to train new words, add vocabulary, and has live mode.

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    • SpeechPulse is Paid and ProprietaryMacWhisper is Freemium and Proprietary
    • SpeechPulse is Privacy focusedMacWhisper is not according to our users
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    Murmure

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    A privacy-first, open-source speech-to-text application that runs entirely on your machine, powered by a neural network via NVIDIA’s Parakeet model for fast, local transcription. Murmure turns your voice into text with no internet connection and zero data collection, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Kaldi

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    Kaldi is a toolkit for speech recognition written in C++ and licensed under the Apache License v2.0. Kaldi is intended for use by speech recognition researchers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  13. GoWhisper icon

    GoWhisper

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    User-friendly GUI for OpenAI's Whisper offering unlimited transcription across multiple languages with various export options, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Private Transcriber Pro

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    Private Transcriber Pro is a Windows-based offline transcription tool that processes audio and video files. Key features include drag-and-drop functionality, multilingual transcription with optional English translation, and export options for text and subtitle files.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    Transcription of a video
     
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