Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Hearica

Turn all computer audio into captions for the deaf

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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Pinch▲535
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 · its alternatives →
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Walkie▲228
Dictation + meetings + read aloud in one app on-device
Apr 2026 · trywalkie.com · its alternatives →
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SeeHear - Text Capture▲68
Text-to-speech conversion
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Wave▲298
Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice
Jun 2026 · wave.mxv.sh · its alternatives →
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Verbalate™ Audio Video Translation▲95
Translation, voice clone and lip sync software
2023 · verbalate.ai · its alternatives →
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Heard▲305
Give Claude Code and Codex a voice
Jul 2026 · heard.dev · its alternatives →
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Speechless: audios to texts▲88
Transcribe & translate audios
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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audio2subs▲84
Easy single word captioning
2023 · audio2subs.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Taption▲86
Automatically transcribe and add captions to your video
2020 · taption.com · 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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Hearling▲73
Text to speech for everyone
2020 · hearling.com · its alternatives →
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Trint▲116
Transcribe spoken words from your video & audio files
2016 · trint.com · its alternatives →
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Aloud▲118
Turn spoken feedback into tasks your coding agent can run
Aug 2026 · aloud.sh · its alternatives →
14
Google Live Transcribe▲160
Google's new service built for the deaf and hard of hearing.
2019 · play.google.com · 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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Captions▲9
Get high quality AI live captions for speech
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Speechlab▲71
Used by creators to dub audio and video into new languages
2023 · speechlab.ai · its alternatives →
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Captions for iOS▲112
Live Captions & Translation in real-time
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Dictate4Me▲76
Instantly transcribe voice to text on iPhone, iPad and Mac
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Dictura▲81
Hold a key, speak, release- translated text at your cursor
Mar 2026 · dictura.com · its alternatives →
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Ada Dictation, for Mac▲95
Transcribe & edit privately, w/ unlimited minutes on desktop
2020 · its alternatives →
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Be My Ears▲76
System wide live captions in browser, Zoom, Teams
2021 · its alternatives →
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Voice to Text - Transcribe Live▲91
Speech typing notes and memos
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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VoiceGecko▲102
Open source, local voice-to-text
Aug 2026 · voicegecko.dev · its alternatives →

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