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24 alternatives to AudioSet by Google

A massive dataset of manually annotated audio events

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

1. 1
   FreeSound▲161

   Huge database of free audio snippets, samples, + recordings

   2014 · freesound.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Singular▲64

   Mapping the World's Sounds

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Audioknot▲114

   A curated audio feed for entrepreneurs

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Audiogram Generator▲80

   The future of social audio from WNYC

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hear▲234

   Unlimited control over real-world sounds

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Gsound▲77

   The engine for identifying your entertainment

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Audiosear.ch▲198

   Full text search & discovery engine for podcasts

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Auphonic▲127

   Automatic audio post production for podcasts & more

   2015 · auphonic.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Audio Overview▲158

   Listen to your Google Search results

   2025 · blog.google · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sounds of Street View▲98

    Google Street View with sounds

    2014 · audika.co.uk · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Out Loud▲99

    Twitter for audio

    2015 · outloud.cc · its alternatives →

12. 12
    JuliusJS▲94

    A speech recognition library for the web

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Jotengine▲171

    Turn your audio into easy to use transcripts

    2017 · jotengine.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    narrated.org▲144

    Great audio articles you didn't know existed

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    MTME▲102

    A new way to discover music

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16MA
    Music Audio Search Engine Using OpenAI's Embeddings on GPT Descriptions▲92

    I am excited to announce a new tool for music producers and audio enthusiasts - a music audio search engine. With just a simple description of the groove you're looking for, our semantic search engine will output the most similar audio in seconds. I used the Freesound.org API to upload over 3,000 grooves to MongoDB, and combined all the relevant data such as tags, title, description, BPM, etc. into OpenAI's Text-Davinci to generate a unique description of each sound. I then embedded these descriptions using the Ada Embeddings Model and inserted them into Pinecone DB vector database, making…

    2023 · muzic-sage.vercel.app · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Melt▲74

    Twitter for short audio recordings (aka micro-podcasting)

    2014 · meltapp.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Deepgram▲11

    Google for sound

    2016 · deepgram.com · its alternatives →

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    SoundHound 8.0▲129

    Music discovery, identification, & voice-controlled player

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    TinyRave▲66

    SoundCloud for JavaScript Audio

    2016 · tinyrave.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Podcast Universe▲111

    Visualization of podcast networks

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Audiosear.ch 2.0▲131

    One-stop search and recommendation engine for podcasts

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    NPR One for Alexa▲81

    News + personalized flow of thoughtfully curated stories

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    PodcasterPro▲115

    RSS-based automatic audio transcription

    2017 · 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 →