Cloud dictation for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android that strips filler words and formats speech as you talk. Free tier capped at 2,000 words a week.

Free open-source transcription that runs in the browser or inside the Epicenter desktop app, with local GGUF models or your own cloud provider keys.

Free MIT-licensed offline transcription and translation for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Handles files, videos, YouTube links, and live microphone input.

Cloud dictation covering Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and Chrome on one account. $8.49/month annually, or $260 once for lifetime.

Free MIT-licensed dictation for Mac and Windows combining local Whisper transcription with Ollama for AI cleanup. Runs entirely offline.

Free cross-platform dictation app running Whisper or NVIDIA Parakeet locally, or cloud models with your own keys. MIT licensed, no telemetry.

Free MIT-licensed dictation for Mac, Windows, and Linux running Whisper or Parakeet fully offline. No account, no subscription, no cloud.

Edit audio and video by editing the transcript. Free tier gives 60 media minutes a month; Hobbyist is $16/user/month billed annually.

MIT-licensed voice typing for Mac, Windows, and Linux that works with Groq, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama and more via your own API keys.

Mac and iPhone dictation that runs offline on Apple Silicon or free with your own API keys. utterPRO adds managed frontier models for $5/month.

Primarily a text-to-speech reader with 1,000+ voices in 60+ languages. Voice Typing dictation is a Premium feature at $29/month.

Dictation for Mac and Windows running fully offline on Apple Silicon or through a zero-retention cloud on Groq and Cerebras. $149 lifetime option.

Open-source voice coding using natural phrasing in VS Code, IntelliJ, and more. The original project is unmaintained; a community fork now carries it.

On-device bidirectional AI noise cancellation with meeting transcription and notes. Free plan gives 60 noise-free minutes daily; Pro is $8/month.

Free MIT offline transcription for Mac, Windows, and Linux with speaker diarization, batch processing, and exports to SRT, VTT, DOCX, PDF and more.

AI dictation across Mac, Windows, iPhone, and Android that strips filler words and matches your tone per app. Free tier is unlimited on the weaker model.

Cloud dictation across Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, and Android with zero-retention processing. Free tier is 1,000 words a month; Pro is $12/month annually.

Local Whisper and Parakeet transcription free forever on Mac, plus an iOS keyboard. Pro adds managed cloud models at $8.33/month billed annually.

Native Mac app that transcribes audio and video files locally with Whisper. Free tier included; Pro is a one-time €59 with batch processing and speaker labels.

AI notepad that captures meetings from your device without sending a bot into the call. Free tier included; Business is $14/user/month.

Apple's built-in dictation runs fully on-device on Apple Silicon with no time limit and no cost. WWDC 2026 added on-device auto-punctuation and formatting.

Apple's built-in voice control for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Works fully offline, costs nothing, and gains natural language input via Apple Intelligence in 2026.

LGPL Python framework for writing custom speech recognition grammars, with a single API across Dragon, Windows Speech Recognition, Kaldi, and Pocket Sphinx.

Structural voice editing for VS Code built on Talon. Marks every token with a coloured 'hat' so you can select and edit anywhere in one command.

On-device dictation for Mac, Windows, and iOS with selectable Whisper models, scriptable modes, and a $249.99 lifetime licence. Free tier is uncapped.

Free hands-free computer control with voice, noise recognition, and eye tracking, scriptable in Python. The platform most voice coding setups are built on.

Cloud dictation for iPhone, Android, and Mac with zero data retention and 100+ languages. Pro is $6.66/month annually; Windows is not yet shipped.

Cloud dictation for Mac, Windows, and iPhone built around low latency. Free tier is 1,000 words total; realtime display needs the $24/month Max plan.

Free Mac dictation with AI cleanup running entirely on-device. No account, no word cap, no paid tier. Apple Silicon only.

Literacy support toolbar with speech input, text-to-speech, and word prediction. Education pricing around $15/licence at 150+ seats. Texthelp is now Everway.

Open-source macOS dictation that runs Whisper, Parakeet, and Cohere models entirely on-device. One-time $29 for a single Mac, no subscription.