Supernormal AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like Supernormal

Apps similar to Supernormal include Handy STT, which is free and open source. Other options are Vibe Transcribe, Voxtral, FUTO Voice Input and Whisper. Audio Transcription Tools like Supernormal are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, the web, Linux and iPhone.

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  1. Handy STT icon
     73 likes

    Free open source speech-to-text app for desktop runs fully offline, keeping transcription and audio data private. Extensible and customizable, supports accessibility, cross-platform use, and community-driven modifications. No subscriptions or internet requirement.

    136 Handy STT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Vibe Transcribe icon
     72 likes

    Delivers offline transcription of audio and video using local AI for privacy, supports batch processing, multi-language input, real-time preview, multi-format export, English translation, direct printing, system audio, microphone input, CLI, and setup customization on Windows, Linux, or macOS.

    251 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Voxtral icon
     27 likes

    Advanced audio models for transcription, translation, and understanding, optimized for production and edge deployment, API accessible, open-source with Apache 2.0, delivering high accuracy, resource efficiency, and support for both large-scale and local use cases.

    142 Voxtral alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Hugging Face
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  4. FUTO Voice Input is an application that lets you do speech-to-text on Android, integrating with third party keyboards or apps that use the generic speech-to-text APIs.

    169 FUTO Voice Input alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Source Available

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  5. Whisper icon
     28 likes

    An open-source, end-to-end speech recognition system trained on 680,000 hours of diverse audio, providing multilingual transcription, to-English translation, language identification, phrase-level timestamps, and high performance in real-world scenarios using transformer architecture.

    246 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Transcribing in different languages
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  6. Moonshine AI icon
     14 likes

    Optimized for edge hardware, this open-source tool provides fast, private on-device speech recognition for real-time transcription, command and speaker identification, lower word-error rates than Whisper models, and multi-language support over varied platforms.

    139 Moonshine AI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  7. EnviousWispr icon
     3 likes

    Free, on-device AI dictation for macOS. Hold a hotkey, speak, paste polished text. No account, no cloud, no subscription.

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    • Mac
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  8. Pipit icon
     5 likes

    Provides instant, local voice-to-text transcription, searchable timeline for both dictated and clipboard text, fully private processing on macOS, adaptive learning for terminology, invisible activation, audio/video file transcription, and seamless pasting into apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. xcribe icon
     8 likes

    Privacy-focused transcription tool for macOS. For free. No ads, no tracking, no data collection.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Lispr icon
     7 likes

    Push-to-talk voice-to-text app for Mac and Windows that types what you say in roughly 99 languages, with no account required.

    85 Lispr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    Talk. It types itself in any language.
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  11. WhisperBuddy icon
     4 likes

    Transcribe audio to text with AI precision, edit easily, and export in any format—all with complete privacy on your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. Audapolis icon
     12 likes

    audapolis aims to make the workflow for spoken-word-heavy media editing easier, faster and more accessible.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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