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24 alternatives to Fast Talkie

PTT for Zello & VoicePing directly from Lock Screen.

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 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Fast Talkie launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Zello 3.0▲4
Free and fast walkie-talkie app
2017 · zello.com · its alternatives →
2
Walkie▲228
Dictation + meetings + read aloud in one app on-device
Apr 2026 · trywalkie.com · its alternatives →
3
Push-to-Talk for Pulseaudio▲71
2020 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →
4
TalkTastic for macOS▲520
Context-aware voice keyboard for any app
2024 · talktastic.com · its alternatives →
5
Promptheus - Talk to ChatGPT▲96
Use your voice to have conversations with ChatGPT
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
6
Voice Gecko▲258
Voice dictation at your fingertips—type less, say more.
2025 · its alternatives →
7
Phantom Voice▲79
Local push-to-talk dictation for Mac
Jul 2026 · leftinverse.com · its alternatives →
8
Speak▲389
Push-to-talk audio w/ your team for Mac w/ Slack integration
2015 · tommoor.com · its alternatives →
9
VoiceGecko▲102
Open source, local voice-to-text
Aug 2026 · voicegecko.dev · its alternatives →
10
Talko▲265
Live & asynchronous voice communications on mobile
2014 · its alternatives →
11
Steno▲88
Type 4x faster, with your voice - powered by whisper.cpp
2023 · meetsteno.com · its alternatives →
12
Aloud▲118
Turn spoken feedback into tasks your coding agent can run
Aug 2026 · aloud.sh · its alternatives →
13
Bocca▲124
A push-to-talk tool that transforms your audio into text
2025 · bocca.dev · its alternatives →
14
TalkMirror▲62
Instant voice mirror & speech pacing. Privacy-first.
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
No Chat▲62
Flash your screen to speak
2022 · hagensmedia.com · its alternatives →
16
Dictatofree tier, from $20.82/mo▲93
I built a macOS dictation app where everything runs on-device. Transcription, auto-correct, translation. No audio or text leaves your machine. It ships with 4 transcription engines you can swap between: WhisperKit (99 languages), NVIDIA Parakeet TDT 0.6B (25 European languages, fastest of the bunch), Qwen3-ASR 0.6B (30 languages), and Apple Speech on macOS 26+. They all run through CoreML/Metal. Whisper is the most versatile, Parakeet wins on raw latency for European languages, Qwen3 does better with CJK. I went with a protocol-based architecture so you pick the engine that fits your…
Feb 2026 · dicta.to · its alternatives →
17
Toky Instant Call▲85
Start voice calls directly within Intercom Messenger
2019 · toky.co · its alternatives →
18
Vocaly▲10
Push-to-Talk Voice Typing - 100% Private
2025 · vocaly.uk · its alternatives →
19
Zen Whisper▲136
On-device Mac dictation that types into any app
Aug 2026 · zenproducts.ai · its alternatives →
20
TalkToPost▲104
Voice notes to LinkedIn and X viral content in seconds!
Feb 2026 · talktopost.app · its alternatives →
21
Stenox▲72
Your voice, perfectly transcribed in every app & browser
Jan 2026 · stenox.app · its alternatives →
22
Mutify▲70
Use a shortcut on any Mac device to mute your microphone
2019 · mutify.app · its alternatives →
23
SpeechFast▲82
Local Whisper for Mac
5d ago · speechfast.com · its alternatives →
24
Star Trek-like computer with voice interface▲98
A hackday project. Run the program, speak into your microphone and hear the response from your speakers. - rob-mccann/Pi-Voice
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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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 →