Best AI Transcription Tools in 2026 · page 2

Sarvam AI Speech to Text

noScribe

noScribe is a free, open-source desktop app for transcribing interviews and other sensitive recordings with AI models running on the user's computer.

easytranscript

easytranscript is transcription software for turning audio and video files into text, with AI transcription and support for rules such as GAT.

Aiko

Soniox

Soniox is transcription and translation software available through an API, with support for 60 languages, speaker identification, speaker labels, and timestamps.

Buzz

Buzz is a free desktop application for transcribing and translating audio offline on a personal computer using OpenAI's Whisper.

HyperTRANSCRIBE

Azure AI Speech

TranscriptionStar

Sonal π

Sonal π is free, open-source software for collecting, organizing, and analyzing qualitative research materials in a corpus.

Sonix

Sonix is a transcription and translation service supporting 54 languages, speaker identification, timestamps, and speaker labels.

XTrans

XTrans is a free, multilingual tool for manually transcribing and annotating audio on Linux and Windows.

FOLKER

FOLKER is a transcription editor for transcription and annotation work in the FOLK research and teaching corpus, particularly work involving spoken German.

Amberscript

Amberscript provides transcription and subtitle services through an API.

ELAN

ELAN is a free annotation tool for audio and video recordings, particularly suited to analyzing languages, sign languages and gestures.

Parlatype

Parlatype is a free, open-source audio player for manual speech transcription on Linux and the GNOME desktop.

Verbit

Verbit provides transcription and captioning through an API, with plans for general, legal and campus requirements.

3Play Media

NVivo Transcription

pmTrans

Deepgram Aura

Deepgram Aura is an API service that converts text to speech.