Speak AI Alternatives

Apps similar to Speak AI include Handy STT, which is free and open source. Other options are Vibe Transcribe, Voxtral, FUTO Voice Input and TypeWhisper. You're spoiled for choice with Audio Transcription Tools like Speak AI: we list more than 100 alternatives for Mac, the web, Windows, iPhone and iPad.

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  1. Lyra icon
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    Platform for live AI-driven meeting collaboration enabling real-time creation of follow-ups, action items, and editable docs, auto-transcription, contextual summaries, and shared context without screenshare or AI notetakers. Includes onboarding and free meeting minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Cadence is a native voice workspace. Because our AI model runs on-device, your voice never leaves your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. Speecho icon
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    Speecho is the pay-as-you-go alternative to Otter.ai, Rev, Descript, Happy Scribe, Trint, and Sonix. Those tools lock you into $10–$20 a month whether you use them or not, and unused minutes evaporate; Speecho charges $0.83–$1.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. MeetLive icon
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    MeetLive is an AI meeting assistant for Google Meet, Teams, Zoom and Tencent Meeting. The extension transcribes live — no bot joins the call — and AI turns transcripts into summaries, action items and answers. Voice translation in the speaker's own voice, 60+ languages. Free plan included.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
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  6. VibeVoice icon
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    VibeVoice is a novel framework designed for generating expressive, long-form, multi-speaker conversational audio, such as podcasts, from text. It addresses significant challenges in traditional Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems, particularly in scalability, speaker consistency, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
    • Hugging Face
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  7. A cloud-based tool for research interviews transcribes audio in 27 languages using parallel speech engines, flags timestamped disagreements for precise review, checks technical terms online, and offers post-processing for narrative rewrites, framework coding, and redaction.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. Hello Transcribe is a private and secure speech to text transcriber that uses OpenAI Whisper and Whisper.cpp.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  9. Hold a key, speak, release — AI voice-to-text dictation that types into any Windows app. Free & open-source.

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    • Windows
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  10. Private dictation for Mac: hold a key, speak, and clean, punctuated text is typed at your cursor in almost any app. Runs entirely on-device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Free, open source voice dictation for macOS. On-device transcription with Apple's Speech framework. No cloud, no API keys, no account.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  12. Record. Transcribe. Analyze with Claude 4.5. Get smart summaries, action items & keywords from any audio. Meetings, interviews, job interviews, podcasts, lectures. 6 languages. 30 hrs/month.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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