Paraspeech AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like Paraspeech

Paraspeech is described as 'Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Paraspeech for a variety of platforms, including Mac, iPhone, Windows, Web-based and Android apps. The best Paraspeech alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Paraspeech are Voxtral, Whisper, Spokenly and TranscribeX.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon
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    Vibe is an auto transcription service that utilizes local language learning models (LLMs) or artificial intelligence to provide transcriptions for a wide range of languages. The service prioritizes user privacy by offering fully offline transcription, ensuring that no data ever...

    117 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Paraspeech.

    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Paraspeech.

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceParaspeech is Paid and Proprietary
    • Vibe Transcribe is Privacy focusedParaspeech is not according to our users
  2. Voxtral icon
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    Voxtral models are state-of-the-art speech understanding models, which are available in two sizes — a 24B variant for production-scale applications and a 3B variant for local and edge deployments. Both versions are released under the Apache 2.0 license.

    75 Voxtral alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Hugging Face
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
     
    • Voxtral is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Paraspeech.

    • Voxtral is Freemium and Open SourceParaspeech is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Whisper icon
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    Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and is also a multi-task model that can perform multilingual speech recognition as well as speech translation and language identification.

    123 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. 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 iPhone alternative to Paraspeech.

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryParaspeech is Paid and Proprietary
    • Spokenly is Privacy focused and LightweightParaspeech is not according to our users
  5. TranscribeX icon
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    TranscribeX is a powerful macOS app that converts your audio and video into accurate transcripts, translates them into over 100 languages, and helps you summarize or edit with advanced AI tools. Built with OpenAI Whisper and Nvidia Parakeet models, TranscribeX delivers accuracy...

    53 TranscribeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Moonshine AI icon
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    Moonshine is a family of speech-to-text models optimized for fast and accurate automatic speech recognition (ASR) on resource-constrained devices. It is well-suited to real-time, on-device applications like live transcription and voice command recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. VoiceInk icon
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    Instantly converts spoken words to text using local AI for near-perfect accuracy and privacy, with real-time transcription, seamless macOS integration, user-supplied AI keys, multiple language support, and no cloud data upload required.

    59 VoiceInk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. 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
     
    • Katari is the most popular commercial alternative to Paraspeech.

    • Katari is Paid and ProprietaryParaspeech is also Paid and Proprietary
    • Katari is Lightweight, Minimalistic and Privacy focusedParaspeech is not according to our users
  11. MacWhisper icon
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    Quickly and easily transcribe audio files into text with OpenAI's state-of-the-art transcription technology Whisper. Whether you're recording a meeting, lecture, or other important audio, MacWhisper quickly and accurately transcribes your audio files into text.

    104 MacWhisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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