Alternatives

Products that do what ctrlSPEAK does

Open-Source Speech-to-Text for macOS

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   Wave▲310

   Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice

   Jun 2026 · wave.mxv.sh

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   Yap▲140

   Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device

   Jul 2026 · frigade.com

3. 3TT
   Text-to-speech and speech-to-text open-source software stack▲438

   2020 · github.com

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   TTSynth.com▲237

   Convert text to speech with natural voices free online

   2024

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   TalkTastic for macOS▲520

   Context-aware voice keyboard for any app

   2024

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   Spoke▲102

   Private voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a key, speak, done.

   Mar 2026 · usespoke.app

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   Lispr▲240

   Hold a key, speak, and Lispr writes it anywhere

   Jul 2026 · lispr.ai

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   Text to Speech by FlexClip▲116

   AI-powered text-to-speech and voice converter

   2023

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   Fish Speech 1.4▲52

   Open-Source Multilingual Text-to-Speech with Voice Cloning

   2024

10. 10
    Speakmac▲190

    The offline dictation macOS should have had

    Nov 2025 · speakmac.app

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    Harker▲138

    Turn thoughts into text at the speed of speech

    2025

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    Supavoice▲206

    Voice to text app for macos

    2025

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    Dictato▲93

    Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac

    Feb 2026 · dicta.to

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    OpenWispr▲190

    100% local open source AI speech-to-text model

    2025

15. 15
    Yap – OSS on-device voice dictation for macOS with no model to download▲104

    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

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    MacWhisper▲123

    High quality text transcription with OpenAI's whisper on Mac

    2023

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    VoiSistant▲80

    AI-powered speech to text, tts, & translation Mac app

    Oct 2025 · apps.apple.com

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    Kokori▲101

    Transform text to speech with a powerful macOS app

    Jan 2026 · kokori.app

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    Dictura▲81

    Hold a key, speak, release- translated text at your cursor

    Mar 2026 · dictura.com

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    Narration Room▲86

    Turn source text into editable multi-voice scripts

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com

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    Pinch – macOS voice translation for real-time conversations▲65

    Hey HN! I’m Christian, daily lurker and some might remember our original launch post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42935355). Today we're launching Pinch for Mac, which we believe is a step-change improvement in real-time AI translation. Our vision is to make cross-lingual conversations feel as natural as regular conversations. TL:DR During an online meeting, the app instantly transcribes and translates all audio you hear, and allows you to decide when you translate your voice and when you don't. It's invisible to others (like Granola), and works everywhere without any…

    2025 · startpinch.com

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    Free Text to Speech▲9

    Text to speech converter – Listen & Download

    2025

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    Text to Speech Converter (Free TTS)▲11

    Transform written words into voice

    2025

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    Speakease▲7

    Speech to text, anywhere!

    2025

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