Nerd Dictation Alternatives

Apps similar to Nerd Dictation include Handy STT, which is free and open source. Other options are Vibe Transcribe, Voxtral, FUTO Voice Input and TypeWhisper. You're spoiled for choice with Audio Transcription Tools like Nerd Dictation: we list more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android.

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  1. This is an iOS application written in Objective-c for assisting the people who want to work out a piece of audio in order to write it out.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPad
    • iPhone
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  2. Voca icon
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    Cloud voice dictation for Windows, macOS and Linux. One hotkey types your speech into any app. 5 free hours a month.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Whishper icon
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    Transcribe any audio to text, translate and edit subtitles 100% locally with a web UI. Powered by whisper models!.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
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  5. Amphion icon
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    Amphion is a toolkit for Audio, Music, and Speech Generation. Its purpose is to support reproducible research and help junior researchers and engineers get started in the field of audio, music, and speech generation research and development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
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  6. Aiko icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
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  7. TalkTastic icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Numen is free software voice control that gives people with limited use of their hands full control of their Linux machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Kaldi icon
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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
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  10. BetterDictation is your personal scribe. You speak, and it will quickly and flawless transcribe into any app.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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