



Nuance Dragon is not available for Linux but there are plenty of 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 11 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.




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.

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.

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.
VibeVoice is an OS-embedded voice client (Windows, Mac, Linux) that replaces your keyboard in ANY application. Includes a WhatsApp Bot for instant transcription. Zero-config, EU-Privacy.

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.




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.


Offline AI speech recognition & transcription app powered by OpenAI Whisper. One-time purchase, no subscription. NVIDIA GPU accelerated.







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