Open Source Nuance Dragon Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Nuance Dragon is Speech Note. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Nuance Dragon and 13 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Nuance Dragon are FluidVoice, Simon Speech Recognition, AIgrator Scribe and CMU Sphinx.

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  1. FluidVoice icon
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    Processes voice-to-text instantly on Mac with privacy-first local AI, zero delay, no subscriptions, open-source code, optional context-enhanced transcription, direct input into any app, hardware-optimized performance, and full offline control.

    81 FluidVoice alternatives

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  2. Simon is an open source speech recognition program that can replace your mouse and keyboard. The system is designed to be as flexible as possible and will work with any language or dialect.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Free, open-source desktop assistant for offline speech-to-text and computer voice control, using Python and Vosk engine, offering real-time dictation, fuzzy matching, extensive hotkey support, dual input modes, and deep customization, all with strict data privacy.

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    • Windows
     
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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

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    • Mac
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    CMU Sphinx vs Nuance Dragon Comments
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    This is more toward developing

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    This is a toolkit/API for developers to create their own Voice to Text software, not a functioning program for the end-user

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    • “OPEN SOURCE SPEECH RECOGNITION TOOLKIT” • This is for developers of speech-to-text software • not usable software • open source/free software speech recognition/acoustic model training platform

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • CMU Sphinx is Free and Open SourceNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Work by Speech is the first program in the world that allows efficient work on a computer by speech without needing a keyboard and mouse.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  6. WhisperWriter is a small speech-to-text app that uses OpenAI's Whisper model to auto-transcribe recordings from a user's microphone to the active window.

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    • Windows
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    • Mac
    • Python
     
  7. Mycroft Mimic icon
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    Mimic is a powerful TTS tool. Mimic is low-latency and has a small resource footprint. Its range of high quality voices also set it apart from other open source text-to-speech projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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    Mycroft Mimic vs Nuance Dragon Comments
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    it is TTS not voice to text!!!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Mycroft Mimic is Free and Open SourceNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
  8. Gespeaker icon
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    Gespeaker is a GTK+ frontend for espeak. It allows to play a text in many languages with settings for voice, pitch, volume, speed and word gap. The text played can also be recorded to WAV file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    Gespeaker vs Nuance Dragon Comments
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    Text to speech reader. Dragon is a voice to text program they are not the same

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Gespeaker is Free and Open SourceNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Wryte icon
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    Dictation software for blogger and other webworkers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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    Wryte vs Nuance Dragon Comments
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    dictation software for blogger and other webworkers • for web developers • site provides code not usable software

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Wryte is Free and Open SourceNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
  10. Simple TTS Reader is a small utility that reads text from your clipboard using Microsoft Speech API. Whenever you copy any text, the app instantly converts it into spoken words. You have full control over the voice output — simply select your preferred speech engine from those...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    Simple TTS Reader vs Nuance Dragon Comments
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    "This text-to-speech utility" Dragon is a speech to text program. There is a major difference between the two.

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    Why do TTS synthesizers keep getting listed as Dragon alternatives?

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Simple TTS Reader is Free and Open SourceNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
    • Simple TTS Reader is Privacy focused and LightweightNuance Dragon is not according to our users
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