Nuance Dragon Alternatives for Mac

Nuance Dragon is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Spokenly, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Nuance Dragon and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Nuance Dragon are Ito.ai, Paraspeech, Fluid AI and Superwhisper.

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  1. Spokenly icon
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    Experience effortless voice-to-text on your Mac. Speak your thoughts, and let modern AI handle the typing—no hidden data collection, no distractions.

    64 Spokenly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
     
    • Spokenly is the most popular Mac & iPhone alternative to Nuance Dragon.

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryNuance Dragon is Paid and Proprietary
    • Spokenly is Privacy focused and LightweightNuance Dragon is not according to our users
  2. Ito.ai icon
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    Ito transforms your voice into perfect text anywhere on Mac. Speak naturally, and our AI crafts polished messages for any context.

    57 Ito.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  3. Paraspeech icon
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    Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Paraspeech is the most popular commercial alternative to Nuance Dragon.

    • Paraspeech is Paid and ProprietaryNuance Dragon is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. Fluid AI icon
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    Never pay to convert speech to text. Fluid transforms your voice into text instantly with NVIDIA's fastest AI model, processing locally on your Mac with complete privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Superwhisper icon
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    Revolutionize your writing process with offline voice-to-text capabilities that transform spoken words into perfectly formatted documents, emails, and notes. Supported on Mac and iPhone, this ad-free, AI-powered tool offers seamless transcription and efficient dictation tie-ins with Whisper-AI technology.

    69 Superwhisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
     
  6. Katari icon
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    Voice-to-text solution for Mac enabling dictation anywhere with a keyboard shortcut—no internet required. Delivers instant, private transcription in 100+ languages, translation to English, vocabulary customization, universal app compatibility, one-time payment, and zero data collection.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. SpeechPulse icon
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    SpeechPulse is a dictation software for Windows 10/11 and Apple Silicon Macs. It can type into any text input, including text editors, web browsers, and office applications. SpeechPulse works fully offline and doesn’t require any internet connectivity.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. kurzweil 3000 icon
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    Breakthrough attention, language, and reading barriers with technology built to drive meaningful progress.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    This is not a speech to text program

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • kurzweil 3000 is Paid and ProprietaryNuance Dragon is also Paid and Proprietary
  9. WordQ icon
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    WordQ has made reading, writing, and communication easier and more accessible for millions of people around the world.

    22 WordQ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
     
    • WordQ is the most popular iPad alternative to Nuance Dragon.

    • WordQ is Paid and ProprietaryNuance Dragon is also Paid and Proprietary
  10. Talkatoo icon
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    Talkatoo is the voice recognition platform for professionals. Processes up to five times the average typing speed. Works everywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Writevoice lets you write at the speed of thought. Click record, speak naturally, and get clean, accurate text ready for docs, tickets, or your CRM. It’s fast, precise, and privacy-first: we never store your recordings or transcripts.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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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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    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

    Review by a new / low-activity 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
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