Whisper Alternatives

Apps similar to Whisper 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 Whisper: we list more than 100 alternatives for Mac, Windows, the web, iPhone and Linux.

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  1. Whisper Vox icon

    Whisper Vox

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    Hold a key, speak, release — AI voice-to-text dictation that types into any Windows app. Free & open-source.

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    • Windows
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  2. Chuchote icon

    Chuchote

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    Chuchote is a local-first, hands-free voice assistant designed specifically for Ollama, enabling users to interact with local large language models entirely on their own hardware without any cloud dependency.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  4. Reed Dictation icon

    Reed Dictation

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    Free, open-source dictation for Mac. Hold a shortcut, speak, release: clean text appears at your cursor, processed entirely on your Mac.

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    • Mac
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    NeverTyping

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    Private, on-device voice dictation for Mac - hold a key, speak, and clean text appears in any app. 100% offline, no subscription required.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  7. igscript icon

    igscript

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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
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    igscript.com transcribing a real Instagram Reel — the pasted link returns the spoken words as text, ready to copy or download as TXT/SRT.
    The igscript.com homepage on a phone — paste an Instagram link, hit Transcribe, and get the transcript; all footer pages (About, Privacy, Contact, Sitemap) are live.
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  9. Vavus AI icon

    Vavus AI

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    Vavus AI puts live voice translation, translated phone calls, encrypted multilingual chat, document and photo translation, and a translating keyboard into a single app, across 200+ languages.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  10. Earnote icon

    Earnote

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    Records lectures, meetings and calls and writes structured notes — transcription and AI run locally on your Mac. Free, open source, no account.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  11. LocalScribe icon

    LocalScribe

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    Open-source Mac application supporting local transcription of microphone, media, and system audio sources, with editable transcripts, live captions, privacy by design, export in TXT, Markdown, JSON, PDF, SRT, WebVTT, translation, and offline processing. Requires Apple silicon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • CN flagChina
    ShengJi home screen showing local recognition model selection, transcript recovery, transcript import and offline translation options.
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  12. Bulbul icon

    Bulbul

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    Bulbul is a free, open-source voice dictation app for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. Hold a hotkey (or tap the bubble on your phone), speak, and cleaned-up text appears in whatever app you're using — editor, browser, chat, terminal.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
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  13. Kekoso icon

    Kekoso

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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

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    • Mac
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    Home screen with the active model and usage for the week
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  14. THOHT icon

    THOHT

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    Write at the speed of THOHT. AI-powered dictation that actually understands you.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  15. Whisper Transcriber Suite icon

    Whisper Transcriber Suite

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    Whisper Transcriber Suite is a free, open-source desktop app that runs OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition on your own computer. Drop in an audio or video file, or paste a YouTube link, and get a transcript or subtitles (SRT, VTT, ASS, TXT, DOCX, PDF and more).

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Transcribe tab: pick a file, engine, model and language, then press Transcribe.
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