Moonshine AI Alternatives

Apps similar to Moonshine AI include Handy STT, which is free and open source. Other options are Vibe Transcribe, Voxtral, FUTO Voice Input and TypeWhisper. There's no shortage of Audio Transcription Tools like Moonshine AI, with more than 100 alternatives for Mac, the web, Windows, iPhone and iPad.

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  1. Transcriboar is a lightweight Android transcription app that uses the device’s built-in SpeechRecognizer to convert speech to text in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  2. NotchLive icon
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    NotchLive is a macOS menu bar app that displays real-time AI-powered captions and translations directly in your MacBook's notch. It uses on-device Whisper AI (via CoreML) for speech recognition and Apple Translation for real-time translation — nothing ever leaves your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  3. Transcribe any audio or video to text for free, with automatic speaker labels and no daily cap. You get a TXT transcript plus SRT/VTT subtitles; an hour of audio takes about two minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. Record meetings, lectures, and podcasts. Transcribe in 10+ languages with on-device Apple models. Get ChatGPT-powered summaries via Apple Intelligence — no subscriptions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. VibeVoice icon
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    VibeVoice is a novel framework designed for generating expressive, long-form, multi-speaker conversational audio, such as podcasts, from text. It addresses significant challenges in traditional Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems, particularly in scalability, speaker consistency, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
    • Hugging Face
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  6. Earnote icon
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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)

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    • Mac
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  7. Hello Transcribe is a private and secure speech to text transcriber that uses OpenAI Whisper and Whisper.cpp.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Writevoice lets you write at the speed of thought. Click record, speak naturally, and get clean, accurate text ready for docs, tickets, or your CRM. It’s fast, precise, and privacy-first: we never store your recordings or transcripts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Subanana icon
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    Subanana is a multilingual AI speech-to-text workspace for subtitles, transcripts, translation, meeting minutes and live event captions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. Aidio icon
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    AI-driven online converter transcribes uploaded audio files into accurate text, supporting multiple languages and dialects. Works fully in-browser, requires no registration, offers fast speech recognition, and supports formats suited for interviews or meetings.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Meeting Recorder is your personal assistant for meetings. It listens and transcribes meetings and conferences for you, allowing you to search for words and phrases within your recording. You can record your most important conversations and save time, helping you work more...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. HoldToType turns speech into text at the cursor in any Windows program: hold two keys, speak, let go, and the words land where you were typing. Recognition runs on your own computer with open models, and you are not tied to Whisper: Nemotron 3.

    44 HoldToType alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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