18.3
Superwhisper turns speech into polished, formatted text across applications, including apps where text can be entered.
Free planAndroidiOSAPI
Alternatives to CMU Sphinx
28.2
Notta turns meeting recordings and uploaded files into searchable transcripts, summaries, and action items.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
38.1
Rev AI is an API service for transcription and related audio-language processing.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
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Whisper
Whisper is a free, open-source speech recognition model for multilingual transcription, translation, language identification, and voice activity detection.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted8.1$0.01 usage-based - 5
Speechmatics
Speechmatics provides speech APIs for speech-to-text, voice agents, and text-to-speech, working with recorded files or live audio.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.9From $0.01 a month - 6
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs is a web and API platform for generating and working with speech, audio and other media.
Free planWebAPI7.6From $6 a month - 7
NVIDIA Riva
NVIDIA Riva is a GPU-accelerated SDK for building customizable Speech AI applications with real-time performance.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.6Free plan - 8
ESPnet
ESPnet is an open-source toolkit for speech processing, including speech recognition, text-to-speech, translation, enhancement, speaker diarization,…
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.5Free plan - 9
Gladia
Gladia is an audio service built around an API for recording, transcribing and enriching audio.
Free planWebAPImacOSWindows7.5From $0.20 a month - 10
MacWhisper
MacWhisper transcribes audio and video files, including interviews, voice memos, lectures, and subtitle material.
Free planiOSmacOS7.4€64 one-time - 11
Otter.ai
Otter.ai records and transcribes meetings, creating searchable text with summaries and action items.
AndroidiOSExtensionmacOS7.4 - 12
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Transcribe is a managed speech-recognition service that turns live audio and recorded media into text.
Free planWebAPI7.2$0.01 usage-based - 13
Voice In
Free planExtensionLinuxmacOSWindows7.2From $59.99 a year - 14
AssemblyAI
AssemblyAI provides Voice AI models and APIs for speech-to-text, speech understanding, and voice applications.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted7.1From $0.15 a month - 15
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text converts audio into text and provides APIs for adding speech recognition to applications.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted7.1From $0.02 a month - 16
Kaldi
Kaldi is a free, open-source C++ toolkit for speech recognition, intended for researchers and professionals in the field.
Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS7.1Free plan - 17
Picovoice Leopard
Picovoice Leopard is an on-device speech-to-text engine for transcribing audio and video files, including recordings of interviews, meetings, calls,…
AndroidiOSWebAPI7.1 - 18
Trint
Trint is a paid AI-powered platform for transcribing, editing, collaborating on and publishing audio and video.
AndroidiOSWebAPI7.1 - 19
Vosk
Vosk is a free, open-source toolkit for offline speech recognition, intended as a practical library for applications.
Free planAndroidiOSAPILinux7.1Free plan - 20
IBM Watson Speech to Text
Free planAPISelf-hosted7.0$0.02 usage-based - 21
Talon Voice
Talon Voice is hands-free computer input software for writing, coding, browsing and gaming.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.0Free plan - 22
Azure AI Speech
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.7Free plan - 23
Soniox
Soniox is transcription and translation software available through an API, with support for 60 languages, speaker identification, speaker labels, and timestamps.
Free planAPI6.3From $19.99 a month - 24
SpeechRecognition
SpeechRecognition is a free Python library for connecting speech-recognition projects to multiple engines and APIs, with online and offline options.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 25
Yandex SpeechKit
Yandex SpeechKit is a managed speech synthesis service available through the web and an API.
WebAPI5.7 - 26
Dragon Professional
Dragon Professional v16 is Windows dictation and transcription software for individuals, groups, and organizations.
Windows5.6 - 27
sherpa
AndroidiOSWebLinux5.3 - 28
Baidu Speech Recognition
AndroidiOSLinux5.1 - 294.9
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