Nuance Dragon Alternatives for Linux

Nuance Dragon is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Speech Note, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Nuance Dragon and nine of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Nuance Dragon are Simon Speech Recognition, CMU Sphinx, Nerd Dictation and Whisper Writer.

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  1. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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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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    Comments about CMU Sphinx as an Alternative to Nuance Dragon
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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.
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    • Most users think CMU Sphinx is a great Nuance Dragon alternative.

    • CMU Sphinx is Free and Open SourceNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
  3. 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.

    2 Whisper Writer alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Python
     
  4. 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.

    49 VoiceOverMaker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • 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
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    Speech-to-text application, not dictation.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • VoiceOverMaker is Freemium and ProprietaryNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
  5. 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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    Comments about Gespeaker as an Alternative to Nuance Dragon
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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.
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    • Gespeaker is Free and Open SourceNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
  6. Wryte icon
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    Dictation software for blogger and other webworkers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Wryte as an Alternative to Nuance Dragon
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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.
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    • Some users think Wryte is a great Nuance Dragon alternative, some don't.

    • Wryte is Free and Open SourceNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
  7. whis icon
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    Voice-to-text CLI for terminal users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Wayland
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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