Moonshine AI AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like Moonshine AI

Moonshine AI is described as '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' and is a audio transcription tool in the ai tools & services category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Moonshine AI for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Windows, iPhone and SaaS apps. The best Moonshine AI alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Moonshine AI 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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Moonshine AI.

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

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceMoonshine AI is also Free and Open Source
    • Vibe Transcribe is Privacy focusedMoonshine AI is not according to our users
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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 Moonshine AI.

    • FUTO Voice Input is Free and Open SourceMoonshine AI is also Free and Open Source
    • FUTO Voice Input is Privacy focusedMoonshine AI is not according to our users
  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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    • Hugging Face
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
     
    • Voxtral is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Moonshine AI.

    • Voxtral is Freemium and Open SourceMoonshine AI is Free and Open Source
  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 Moonshine AI.

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryMoonshine AI is Free and Open Source
    • Spokenly is Privacy focusedMoonshine AI is not according to our users
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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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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • TalkNotes.tech is the most popular SaaS alternative to Moonshine AI.

    • TalkNotes.tech is the most popular commercial alternative to Moonshine AI.

    • TalkNotes.tech is Paid and ProprietaryMoonshine AI is Free and Open Source
  7. Paraspeech icon
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    Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    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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    • Mac
     
  9. 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

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    • Mac
     
  10. 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
     
  11. xcribe icon
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    Privacy-focused transcription tool for macOS. For free. No ads, no tracking, no data collection.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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