Monologue AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like Monologue

Monologue is described as 'Effortless, perfect voice dictation' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Monologue for a variety of platforms, including Mac, iPhone, Web-based, Windows and iPad apps. The best Monologue alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Monologue are Voxtral, Whisper, Spokenly and Paraspeech.

More about Monologue
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Monologue alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Vibe Transcribe icon

    Vibe Transcribe

     55 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Vibe Transcribe screenshot 1
     

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

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

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceMonologue is Free and Proprietary
    • Vibe Transcribe is Privacy focusedMonologue is not according to our users
  2. Voxtral icon

    Voxtral

     21 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Hugging Face
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
    Voxtral screenshot 1
     

    • Voxtral is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Monologue.

    • Voxtral is Freemium and Open SourceMonologue is Free and Proprietary
  4. Whisper icon

    Whisper

     24 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Transcribing in different languages
     
  5. Ad
    Screenshot
    Otter.ai icon
    Otter.ai

    An intelligent note-taking solution that records, transcribes, and shares English voice conversations. Otter.ai is versatile for meetings, lectures, journalist interviews, offering features like speaker ID, inline photos, playbac...

    https://otter.ai
    Learn More
  6. Spokenly icon

    Spokenly

     11 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    Spokenly screenshot 1
     

    • Spokenly is the most popular iPhone alternative to Monologue.

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryMonologue is also Free and Proprietary
    • Spokenly is Privacy focused and LightweightMonologue is not according to our users
  7. Paraspeech icon

    Paraspeech

     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Paraspeech screenshot 1
     

    • Paraspeech is the most popular commercial alternative to Monologue.

    • Paraspeech is Paid and ProprietaryMonologue is Free and Proprietary
  8. Moonshine AI icon

    Moonshine AI

     12 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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
    Moonshine AI screenshot 1
     
  10. Fluid AI icon

    Fluid AI

     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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
    Fluid AI screenshot 1
     
  11. Ito.ai icon

    Ito.ai

     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Ito.ai Home Screen View
     
  12. VoiceInk icon

    VoiceInk

     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Instantly converts spoken words to text using local AI for near-perfect accuracy and privacy, with real-time transcription, seamless macOS integration, user-supplied AI keys, multiple language support, and no cloud data upload required.

    59 VoiceInk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    VoiceInk screenshot 1
     
  13. MacWhisper icon

    MacWhisper

     11 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    104 MacWhisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    MacWhisper screenshot 1
     
  14. Katari icon

    Katari

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Voice-to-text solution for Mac enabling dictation anywhere with a keyboard shortcut—no internet required. Delivers instant, private transcription in 100+ languages, translation to English, vocabulary customization, universal app compatibility, one-time payment, and zero data collection.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Katari screenshot 1
     
  15. WhisperBuddy icon

    WhisperBuddy

     4 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Transcribe audio to text with AI precision, edit easily, and export in any format—all with complete privacy on your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    WhisperBuddy screenshot 1
     
12 of 56 Monologue alternatives