AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to 2Hz

at the intersection of audio, speech and AI

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 2Hz launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Conversable▲123

   Conversational intelligence through voice and text

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hear▲234

   Unlimited control over real-world sounds

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Audioburst Search▲3

   Search, listen and share

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   speech_ai▲5

   speech research

   Jan 2026 · speech.ai · its alternatives →

5. 5
   AudioSet by Google▲156

   A massive dataset of manually annotated audio events

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Sonnet▲134

   A new library for constructing neural networks from DeepMind

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Desert Ant Labs▲133

   Small specialized AI models for speech, text, vision

   3d ago · desertant.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Tasted▲74

   Your voice-enabled cooking companion

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Talking Machines - Solving intelligence and machine learning fundamentals▲56

   Guest: Nando de Freitas (Oxford, Google DeepMind)

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sound by Human▲3

    Audio Evolved

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Soundation▲76

    Fun electronica creation for everyone

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12CT
    Canny the Robot – Programming a device with headphones▲16

    2015 · research.kumpf.cc · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Deepgram▲11

    Google for sound

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Nikbot▲64

    A multilingual AI chatbot

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Economist: The Future of Computing▲76

    On artificial intelligence, Go and Moore's Law

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16B3
    Building 30ms voice AI – faster response than human speech processing▲7

    2025 · synthicai.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Rex▲57

    The brain for robots

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Imaginary Soundscape▲6

    Take a walk in the soundscapes imagined by AI

    2018 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Seeing AI▲39

    Talking camera for the blind, by Microsoft

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20AH
    An hour in front of you? Build your own on-device Voice AI▲17

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Braincast▲16

    Duolingo for your personalized knowledge

    2024 · its alternatives →

22. 22NM
    Next music production by communicating with AI▲5

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Speak: A Novel▲5

    The creation of Artificial Intelligence

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    VoiceBase▲5

    Machine transcription and speech analytics

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →