Web Assist Alternatives

Apps similar to Web Assist include Speech Note, which is free and open source. Other options are NaturalReader, Dictanote, Nuance Dragon and TextAloud. Text to Speech Services like Web Assist are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, the web, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. The Voice Access app for Android lets you control your device with spoken commands. Use your voice to open apps, navigate, and edit text hands-free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  2. Simple, hackable offline speech to text - using the VOSK-API.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3. VoiceMacro icon
     6 likes

    Control applications or games by voice commands and/or by the press of a keyboard, mouse button or combinations of it, additionaly you can start any of your macros by scheduler, by a macro action, or from an external program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Braina icon
     19 likes

    Braina Virtual Assistant is an intelligent personal assistant software for Windows PC that allows you to interact with your computer using voice commands in English language.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  5. Speechnotes icon
     12 likes

    Dictation Notepad - Free Online Speech Recognition Text Editor Web App for Chrome.

    30 Speechnotes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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  6.  6 likes

    CMU Sphinx is a speaker-independent large vocabulary continuous speech recognizer released under BSD style license. It is also a collection of open source tools and resources that allows researchers and developers to build speech recognition systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. LipSurf icon
     17 likes

    "Siri for Chrome" Completely control the browser without your hands -- say "google what movies are playing near me" to do a search, scroll up and down, click any link, open tabs, open your favorite sites and more all with just your voice.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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  8. Gespeaker icon
     9 likes

    Gespeaker is a GTK+ frontend for espeak. It allows to play a text in many languages with settings for voice, pitch, volume, speed and word gap. The text played can also be recorded to WAV file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Jamworks icon
     1 like

    Jamworks helps students record lectures & seminars and then turn the highlights of their learning content into AI summarised study notes and AI generated revision quizzes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Creates natural-sounding speech from text in multiple languages and voices using neural networks, with an advanced browser editor, export options as MP3, WAV, or MP4, SSML formatting, transcription, video recording, customization features, and collaboration tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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