Whisper Alternatives

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   Qwen Scribe

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   Private, local transcription and system-wide dictation for Apple Silicon.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Audio Transcription
   • Video Transcription

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

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   Holos

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   Mac dictation that identifies the language sentence by sentence, so you can switch mid-paragraph without changing a setting.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Audio Transcription

   Origin

   • Canada

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Canada

   

   

   

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   RMBLR

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   RMBLR is a dictation app for Android that writes into whatever text field you are already using, instead of making you copy and paste out of a separate app.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Android

   

   

   

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   Secure Interview & Speech Transcriber

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   Privacy-first interview and speech transcriber with EU-only AI processing, automatic deletion of recordings - no account required.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Hungary
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Online

   • Hungary
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Verbatim

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   Verbatim turns your voice into polished text fast. It uses Mistral Voxtral Mini for speech-to-text — a transcription model that won our benchmark against GPT-4o mini, Gemini 2.5 Flash, AssemblyAI Universal, and Deepgram Nova on accuracy, and runs around 3x faster than ElevenLabs...

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Glazey

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   Voice-to-text software that places cleaned, punctuated speech directly into any text field in under a second. It supports 100+ languages, translation, vocabulary controls, shortcuts, and custom text behaviors, with macOS and Linux support for multilingual dictation.

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   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Bulgaria
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   • Bulgaria
   • EU

   

   

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    WhatDidYouSay

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    Transcribe and translate audio locally on your Mac. Fast, private, one-time purchase.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

    

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    OpenTypeless

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    Open-source AI voice typing for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Press a hotkey, speak naturally, get polished text in any app.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    MeeLang

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    Real-time AI translation for Google Meet enables on-screen live subtitles in 30+ languages with private device storage, zero setup, local record review, search, customizable exports, no bots or interruptions, AI summaries, and seamless instant use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    

    

    

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    SayWrite

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    100% on-device, privacy first speech to text desktop app with offline Qwen grammar cleanup.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Audio Transcription

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

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    MeetLive

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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

    Origin

    • China

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge

    • China

    

    

    

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    VoiceNote

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    A Windows speech-to-text tool with a simple Record/Stop interface. Dictate in Russian or other languages, then copy or save the finished text. It works on your computer without sending text to third-party servers, and offers a three-day unrestricted demo.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • Russia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Russia

    

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