Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. iCantHear – An app for communicating with the deaf launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   iCantHear▲85

   Communicate easily with the hearing impaired

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   VoiceCap▲100

   The AI notetaker for meetings in your language

   Sep 2026 · voicecap.ai · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Murmur▲75

   A private voice-first notepad for your thoughts

   28d ago · murmurr.subhr.in · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Speek▲75

   A voice assistant that lives in your Mac's notch

   26d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Prose▲65

   the worlds first gesture-to-speech app

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Deaf? My iPhone app wakes you up if it hears an alarm▲170

   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.

   2014 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Transcense▲127

   Converse w/ the deaf, w/o sign language (pre-launch)

   2014 · ava.me · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Touchy▲118

   An iOS assistant that understands the world around you

   Sep 2026 · touchyapp.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A Soft Murmur▲92

   Ambient sounds to wash away distraction.

   2014 · asoftmurmur.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sayonic▲71

    A voice assistant in your Mac's notch that does the task

    24d ago · sayonic.app · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Ontenna▲71

    A revolutionary new hearing aid

    2016 · ontenna.jp · its alternatives →

12. 12
    JuliusJS▲94

    A speech recognition library for the web

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Gridspace Memo▲69

    A speech-aware conference calling system

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Spoken Layer▲64

    Mobile Engagement through the Power of the Human Voice

    2014 · spokenlayer.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Audiologs - 001: Welcome▲55

    A personal audio journal experiment

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Maybloc▲57

    new SOTA for speech-to-text for multi-speaker audio

    8d ago · maybloc.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Voice Memo▲67

    Open-source voice notes that file your tasks and reminders

    26d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Designing Conversational Interfaces▲86

    An introduction to creating compelling chat applications

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Blurt▲78

    Push-to-talk dictation on the AssemblyAI Dictation API

    Sep 2026 · assemblyai.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Shall We Talk▲62

    Voice dictation that saves transcriptions on iPhone and Mac

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Polymer▲71

    A polyphonic voice distributor app for Mac

    2014 · polymer-app.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    chatleads▲8

    A Conversational Experience Platform

    2018 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    cRound▲71

    Easily capture moments together.

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Harmogram▲62

    Serendipitous audiovisual multisensory experience

    2014 · harmogram.com · its alternatives →

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 →