Best Transcription Software in 2026 · page 2

TurboScribe

TurboScribe is a web service that converts audio and video into text in more than 98 languages.

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.

Aiko

Azure AI Speech

Sarvam AI Speech to Text

HyperTRANSCRIBE

Buzz

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

Sonal π

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

Soniox

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

FOLKER

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

TranscriptionStar

XTrans

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

Parlatype

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

ELAN

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

Deepgram Aura

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

Sonix

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

Amberscript

Amberscript provides transcription and subtitle services through an API.

pmTrans

NVivo Transcription

3Play Media

Verbit

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