AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ctrlSPEAK
Open-Source Speech-to-Text for macOS
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 4 we have checked on their own sites, 4 of them free or with a free tier.
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Wave▲298Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice
Jun 2026 · wave.mxv.sh · its alternatives →
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Yapfree▲140Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device
Jul 2026 · frigade.com · its alternatives →
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Context-aware voice keyboard for any app
2024 · talktastic.com · its alternatives →
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Lisprfree tier, from $7.99/mo▲240Hold a key, speak, and Lispr writes it anywhere
Jul 2026 · lispr.ai · its alternatives →
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AI-powered text-to-speech and voice converter
2023 · flexclip.com · its alternatives →
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Hold a shortcut, speak, and BetterWispr types clean text into any Mac app. Local speech models, a style for each app, meeting notes and insights. Free and open source, with no account required.
12d ago · betterwispr.com · its alternatives →
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OpenWispr▲190100% local open source AI speech-to-text model
2025 · openwhispr.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I wanted to share this OSS project I've been working on. It's called Yap and its a small menu-bar app for macOS that does voice to text for any input. You'll set a hotkey, press it, talk, press it again, and the text gets pasted into whatever field you were in. Everything runs locally and never leaves your computer. Fully OSS and MIT licensed. With macOS 26, Apple recently added two new APIs, SpeechAnalyzer and SpeechTranscriber, that do streaming on-device speech to text using models the OS ships and manages. So the app ships no model of its own and loads nothing before the first…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Spoke▲102Dictate into any Mac app by holding a key. Spoke runs fully on-device using local AI — no cloud, no account, no subscription. $9.99 one-time.
Mar 2026 · usespoke.app · its alternatives →
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MacWhisper▲123High quality text transcription with OpenAI's whisper on Mac
2023 · goodsnooze.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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SpeakLine 5▲117Your text-to-speech companion for macOS, iOS and visionOS
2024 · pxlwaves.com · its alternatives →
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VoiSistant▲80AI-powered speech to text, tts, & translation Mac app
Oct 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Dictura▲81Hold a key, speak, release- translated text at your cursor
Mar 2026 · dictura.com · its alternatives →
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TapTalkfree▲8Free, on-device dictation for Mac
Sep 2026 · taptalk.dhruvvakharwala.dev · its alternatives →
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Text to speech converter – Listen & Download
2025 · freedocumentmaker.com · its alternatives →
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Transform written words into voice
2025 · audiofytext.com · its alternatives →
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SpeakUp▲13Voice control for macOS that gets out of your way
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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