AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Be My Ears

System wide live captions in browser, Zoom, Teams

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. Be My Ears launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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TalkTastic for macOS▲520
Context-aware voice keyboard for any app
2024 · talktastic.com · its alternatives →
2
Subtitly▲136
Realtime subtitles & translations for any app
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Subtitly▲61
Live Subtitles in Any App
2024 · subtitly.app · its alternatives →
4
Wave▲298
Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice
Jun 2026 · wave.mxv.sh · its alternatives →
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Limitlessfree tier▲416
Personalized AI powered by what you’ve seen, said, or heard
2024 · limitless.ai · its alternatives →
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Caption 2.0▲245
Instantly find the right subtitles for your next movie 🍿
2017 · getcaption.co · its alternatives →
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Hearica▲112
Turn all computer audio into captions for the deaf
Mar 2026 · hearica.com · its alternatives →
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superwhisper▲274
Extremely accurate, AI powered voice-to-text for macOS
2023 · superwhisper.com · its alternatives →
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Caption▲282
Find the right subtitles. Easy.
2017 · getcaption.co · its alternatives →
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Megaphone▲102
Open-source Mac dictation App that's 100% on-device
Jul 2026 · megaphone.kuber.studio · its alternatives →
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Caplo▲107
Real-time AI captions & translation for any iOS app
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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Speechify Gen 0.1▲256
Read faster, stay focused & absorb more - Create Audiobooks
2017 · speechify.com · its alternatives →
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Supavoice▲206
Voice to text app for macos
2025 · supavoice.app · its alternatives →
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Hey Siri▲260
Commands you can use on your iOS and macOS Devices
2016 · its alternatives →
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JustScribe▲117
On-device instant voice transcription
Feb 2026 · quassum.com · its alternatives →
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Subly▲219
Free automated tool to add captions on video.
2020 · getsubly.com · its alternatives →
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Speech Coaching App – Stop Saying 'Umm', 'Like', 'Uhh'▲176
The latest macOS offers the world’s best way to play — and add to — your collection of music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
2016 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Captions▲9
Get high quality AI live captions for speech
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Live Captions by Subananafree tier, from $9/mo▲187
Your whole audience follows, in their own language
Sep 2026 · subanana.com · its alternatives →
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Stenox▲72
Your voice, perfectly transcribed in every app & browser
Jan 2026 · stenox.app · its alternatives →
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TongueType for macOS▲109
Hi HN, I'm a longtime web dev, but this is my first macOS app. Feedback is very welcome <3 I built TongueType because every dictation app I tried failed at least one of three things: it sent my audio to someone's cloud, it charged me monthly fee, or it felt clunky or enterprisy. The cloud thing kills it for anything sensitive. The subscription thing is insulting for what amounts to "Whisper + a hotkey." TongueType runs Whisper locally on Apple Silicon via CoreML. It's built to feel like a second keyboard: tap the hotkey, talk, let go, words appear. It sits in the menu bar (no dock icon, no…
May 2026 · tonguetype.app · its alternatives →
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SpeakLine 5▲117
Your text-to-speech companion for macOS, iOS and visionOS
2024 · pxlwaves.com · its alternatives →
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Whisper Notes▲115
Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS
2025 · whispernotes.app · its alternatives →
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VoxTori▲70
Real-time subtitles, translation, and dictation for Mac
Apr 2026 · voxtori.com · its alternatives →

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