Voice dictation that stays on your device. Open-source, local-first, and built for people who actually care about privacy.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
United States
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Transcription Pro Alternatives
Apps similar to Transcription Pro 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 Transcription Pro: we list more than 100 alternatives for Mac, the web, Windows, iPhone and Android.
Alternatives list
BitBat is an advanced AI-powered transcription tool meticulously crafted to cater to the unique demands of journalists and content creators. By leveraging cutting-edge artificial intelligence, BitBat swiftly and accurately transforms recorded interviews, podcasts, webinars, and...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
Speecho is a web app for voice tasks that you pay for by use. Transcribe audio or video in 99 languages and get text, subtitles, an AI summary and translation. Turn text into speech with natural voices in three quality tiers, or open a PDF, Word or EPUB file and get the whole...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
Transcribe any audio or video to text for free, with automatic speaker labels and no daily cap. You get a TXT transcript plus SRT/VTT subtitles; an hour of audio takes about two minutes.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
Scribblr.ai is an online site that allows users to upload a file in a variety of ways to receive an automatic transcription, transcription from a professional, or closed captioning. Automatic transcriptions can be revised with a built-in editor.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
Free, open-source dictation for Mac. Hold a shortcut, speak, release: clean text appears at your cursor, processed entirely on your Mac.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
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Cadence is a native voice workspace. Because our AI model runs on-device, your voice never leaves your Mac.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
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igscript takes a link to a public Instagram video or Reel, a TikTok video, or a YouTube video and returns a transcript of what is said in it. The transcript can be copied as plain text or downloaded as a TXT file, or as SRT subtitles with timestamps.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Online
China
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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Free, open source offline transcription for Windows that runs Whisper models on your own machine, with no upload and no per-minute charge.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Windows
United Kingdom
91 Earnote alternativesRecords 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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