Dictano is a dictation app for macOS that runs the speech recognition on the Mac itself. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works with the network off.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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SpeakoFlow Alternatives
Apps similar to SpeakoFlow include Handy STT, which is free and open source. Other options are Vibe Transcribe, OpenWhispr, TypeWhisper and FUTO Voice Input. Audio Transcription Tools like SpeakoFlow are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android.
Alternatives list
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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Kekoso is a menu bar app for macOS that turns speech into text without sending audio anywhere. Press a hotkey, talk, release, and the text is pasted into whatever field you were typing in.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Kazakhstan
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Dictation, live subtitles with translation, and text-to-speech all run locally for privacy, supporting 100 languages for speech, 198 for translation, and 45 for offline use. Dictates and captions in any app with no audio upload, usage limits, ads, or sign-up.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
Russia
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A meeting-centered workspace that aggregates audio, video, documents, and research into projects. Shadow works inside your content to search, edit, and generate multi-format deliverables with verifiable citations—tripling collaboration efficiency, cutting manual organization...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
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VoiceKeyboard types what you say into the window you are working in: a browser, a chat, a document, a code editor or a terminal. Press Ctrl+1 (can be changed), speak, and the words appear as you talk.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Estonia
EU
Records lectures, meetings and calls and writes structured notes — transcription and AI run locally on your Mac. Free, open source, no account.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Germany- EU
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Free offline dictation for Windows and Ubuntu Linux that types what you say into any application, using a Whisper speech model that runs on your own machine.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Ubuntu
Greece- EU
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Browser extension for WhatsApp Web that automatically transcribes voice notes, translates them into 99+ languages, creates bullet-point summaries and tone readings, exports transcripts, schedules messages and files, and keeps reminders in the chat.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
Brazil
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Hello Transcribe is a private and secure speech to text transcriber that uses OpenAI Whisper and Whisper.cpp.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
South Africa
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Plume is a desktop speech-to-text app for macOS and Windows that lets you dictate text without sending your voice recordings to the cloud.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+9
Vidrick AI Transcriber is a privacy-focused AI transcription application for Windows that transcribes audio and video files locally on your computer.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
United States
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