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24 alternatives to AssemblyAI - Speech-to-Text API

APIs to automatically transcribe and understand audio

AssemblyAI provides speech-to-text APIs that automatically transcribe and understand audio and video content. Designed for developers integrating transcription capabilities into their products, it uses advanced AI… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. AssemblyAI - Speech-to-Text API launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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api.ai▲301
Build your own Siri. Speech interface for apps and devices.
2014 · its alternatives →
2
Speech to Note▲544
Turn your voice into written notes
2024 · speechtonote.com · its alternatives →
3
AI Transcribe▲136
Easily transcribe & translate lectures and meetings
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
AI Podcast Transcription▲325
Generate text transcripts for your podcast episodes
2024 · transistor.fm · its alternatives →
5
Yescribe.ai▲194
Convert audio and video to text with AI & free online
2024 · yescribe.ai · its alternatives →
6
VoiceAI▲116
Capture every conversation
2023 · its alternatives →
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Taped.ai▲159
Transcribe and summarize audio, images into clear text
2024 · taped.ai · its alternatives →
8
AI Transcriber Bot for Slack▲79
Turn audio and video to text and subtitles in minutes
2021 · speechtext.ai · its alternatives →
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Dictation▲128
Voice memos with accurate AI transcriptions
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Orate▲258
The AI toolkit for speech
2025 · ai-sdk.dev · its alternatives →
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Ermine.ai – Record and transcribe speech, 100% client-side (WASM)▲236
Transcribe audio from your device microphone using 100% local / client-side processing.
2023 · ermine.ai · its alternatives →
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Speechtext.ai – Automated Transcription Service with Human Accuracy▲12
AI software for speech to text conversion and audio/video transcription. Get accurate results using domain-specific speech recognition engine! Start for free.
2020 · speechtext.ai · its alternatives →
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Voicetapp▲69
Transcribe any speech into text with high accuracy
2022 · voicetapp.com · its alternatives →
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SpeechText.AI for Chrome▲130
Record, capture and transcribe audio & video in minutes
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Cloud Speech Recognition API▲3
Transcribe and summarize any audio/video with high accuracy
2021 · speechtext.ai · its alternatives →
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SpeechText.AI▲11
Automated transcription service with human accuracy
2020 · speechtext.ai · its alternatives →
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AI Audio Kit▲92
Easy audio transcription from your macOS desktop
2024 · aiaudiokit.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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TurboScribe▲105
Convert audio and video to accurate text in seconds with AI
2024 · turboscribe.ai · its alternatives →
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VoiceBot AI▲43
Your AI assistant for instant audio-to-text transcriptions
2024 · t.me · its alternatives →
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Soundtype AI▲7
Transcribe audio to text effortlessly with SoundType AI
2025 · soundtype.ai · its alternatives →
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Videotowords▲9
#1 AI Speech To Text Tool: Transcribe Audio & Video To Text
2025 · videotowords.ai · its alternatives →
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Speech to Text▲7
Voice recognition service | free trial, $5 for 3600 minutes
2025 · innefu.com · its alternatives →
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FreeVoice: AI Voice Keyboard▲26
Dictate. Record. Transcribe. Summarize. All On-Device.
Mar 2026 · testflight.apple.com · its alternatives →
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TranscribeAI: Audio to Text▲4
Transcribe podcasts, YouTube videos & audio
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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