Windows Speech Recognition AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like Windows Speech Recognition

Windows Speech Recognition is described as 'Makes using a keyboard and mouse optional. You can control your PC with your voice and dictate text instead' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Windows Speech Recognition for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone, Web-based and Linux apps. The best Windows Speech Recognition alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows Speech Recognition are Handy STT, FUTO Voice Input, Voxtral and Whisper.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon

    Vibe Transcribe

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    Vibe is an auto transcription service that utilizes local language learning models (LLMs) or artificial intelligence to provide transcriptions for a wide range of languages. The service prioritizes user privacy by offering fully offline transcription, ensuring that no data ever...

    117 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Windows Speech Recognition.

    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Windows Speech Recognition.

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceWindows Speech Recognition is Free and Proprietary
    • Vibe Transcribe is Privacy focusedWindows Speech Recognition is not according to our users
  4. FUTO Voice Input icon

    FUTO Voice Input

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    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.

    96 FUTO Voice Input alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
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    • FUTO Voice Input is the most popular Android alternative to Windows Speech Recognition.

    • FUTO Voice Input is Free and Open SourceWindows Speech Recognition is Free and Proprietary
    • FUTO Voice Input is Privacy focused and LightweightWindows Speech Recognition is not according to our users
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  6. Voxtral icon

    Voxtral

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    Voxtral models are state-of-the-art speech understanding models, which are available in two sizes — a 24B variant for production-scale applications and a 3B variant for local and edge deployments. Both versions are released under the Apache 2.0 license.

    75 Voxtral alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Hugging Face
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
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    • Voxtral is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Windows Speech Recognition.

    • Voxtral is Freemium and Open SourceWindows Speech Recognition is Free and Proprietary
  7. Whisper icon

    Whisper

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    Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and is also a multi-task model that can perform multilingual speech recognition as well as speech translation and language identification.

    123 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Spokenly icon

    Spokenly

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    Experience effortless voice-to-text on your Mac. Speak your thoughts, and let modern AI handle the typing—no hidden data collection, no distractions.

    64 Spokenly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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    • Spokenly is the most popular iPhone alternative to Windows Speech Recognition.

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryWindows Speech Recognition is also Free and Proprietary
    • Spokenly is Privacy focused and LightweightWindows Speech Recognition is not according to our users
  11. Paraspeech icon

    Paraspeech

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    Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Paraspeech is the most popular commercial alternative to Windows Speech Recognition.

    • Paraspeech is Paid and ProprietaryWindows Speech Recognition is Free and Proprietary
  12. Moonshine AI icon

    Moonshine AI

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    Moonshine is a family of speech-to-text models optimized for fast and accurate automatic speech recognition (ASR) on resource-constrained devices. It is well-suited to real-time, on-device applications like live transcription and voice command recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
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  13. Fluid AI icon

    Fluid AI

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    Never pay to convert speech to text. Fluid transforms your voice into text instantly with NVIDIA's fastest AI model, processing locally on your Mac with complete privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Ito.ai

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    Ito transforms your voice into perfect text anywhere on Mac. Speak naturally, and our AI crafts polished messages for any context.

    57 Ito.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    xcribe

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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