Windows Speech Recognition Alternatives

Apps similar to Windows Speech Recognition include Handy STT, which is free and open source. Other options are Vibe Transcribe, Voxtral, FUTO Voice Input and Spokenly. You're spoiled for choice with Audio Transcription Tools like Windows Speech Recognition: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, iPhone, Linux and the web.

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  1. Simple, hackable offline speech to text - using the VOSK-API.

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    • Linux
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  2. VoiceMacro icon
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    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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  3. Free, open-source desktop assistant for offline speech-to-text and computer voice control, using Python and Vosk engine, offering real-time dictation, fuzzy matching, extensive hotkey support, dual input modes, and deep customization, all with strict data privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. This is an iOS application written in Objective-c for assisting the people who want to work out a piece of audio in order to write it out.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • iPad
    • iPhone
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  5. Speechnotes icon
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    Dictation Notepad - Free Online Speech Recognition Text Editor Web App for Chrome.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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    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
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    "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. Whishper icon
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    Transcribe any audio to text, translate and edit subtitles 100% locally with a web UI. Powered by whisper models!.

    56 Whishper alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
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  9. Amphion icon
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    Amphion is a toolkit for Audio, Music, and Speech Generation. Its purpose is to support reproducible research and help junior researchers and engineers get started in the field of audio, music, and speech generation research and development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
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  10. Aiko icon
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    High-quality on-device transcription. Easily convert speech to text from meetings, lectures, and more.

    114 Aiko alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
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  11. TalkTastic icon
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    Write with your voice in any app on macOS. Faster and more accurate than ChatGPT, Google and OpenAI Whisper. Start talking. Stop typing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. AI-driven Chrome extension transforms voice input into text on any website, offering 99% transcription accuracy, robust grammar and punctuation correction, hands-free typing, support for over 50 languages, and significantly reduced manual labor for users.

    78 Voicy - Speech to Text alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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