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Paraspeech is the most popular commercial alternative to Nuance Dragon.
- Paraspeech is Paid and Proprietary
Nuance Dragon AlternativesOnly apps from the EU
The best alternative to Nuance Dragon is Paraspeech. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try VoiceOverMaker or Gespeaker. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Nuance Dragon and seven of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Nuance Dragon are Wryte, Simple TTS Reader, ReadSpeaker and whis.
Alternatives list
Creates natural-sounding speech from text in multiple languages and voices using neural networks, with an advanced browser editor, export options as MP3, WAV, or MP4, SSML formatting, transcription, video recording, customization features, and collaboration tools.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Comments about VoiceOverMaker as an Alternative to Nuance Dragon
- VoiceOverMaker is Freemium and Proprietary
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.
Comments about Gespeaker as an Alternative to Nuance Dragon
Text to speech reader. Dragon is a voice to text program they are not the same
- Gespeaker is Free and Open Source
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Comments about Wryte as an Alternative to Nuance Dragon
dictation software for blogger and other webworkers • for web developers • site provides code not usable software
Some users think Wryte is a great Nuance Dragon alternative, some don't.
- Wryte is Free and Open Source
73 Simple TTS Reader alternativesSimple 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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Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Comments about Simple TTS Reader as an Alternative to Nuance Dragon
"This text-to-speech utility" Dragon is a speech to text program. There is a major difference between the two.
Why do TTS synthesizers keep getting listed as Dragon alternatives?
This alternative is disputed. Simple TTS Reader is a legitimate Nuance Dragon alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
- Simple TTS Reader is Free and Open Source
- Simple TTS Reader is Privacy focused and Lightweight
Online Text to Speech by ReadSpeaker. Speech-enable web sites, mobile apps, online documents and forms so that your visitors can listen to your content.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Comments about ReadSpeaker as an Alternative to Nuance Dragon
Text to speech reader not a speech to text program like Dragon. Dragon can do text-to-speech but it is primarily a speech to text program. This program has no speech to text capabilities.
- ReadSpeaker is Paid and Proprietary
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Speech-to-text application, not dictation.