AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Mycroft Mark II
The open voice assistant - You're in control of your data
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mycroft Mark II launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Open source artificial intelligence
2017 · community.openconversational.ai · its alternatives →
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The first AI-powered voice assistant with privacy
2017 · snips.ai · its alternatives →
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April▲664Reach Inbox Zero by speaking with your email & calendar
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Google Home▲669Google's Alexa competitor, an in-home voice assistant
2016 · home.google.com · its alternatives →
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NovaVoice▲578Hey HN, Today I’d like to show what I’ve recently built with my 2 friends. We’ve called it Nova. The idea is to built all-purpose AI Voice Assistant, which is able to interact with mail, to-do apps, messengers and socials, task trackers, apps like UberEats, Notion and some other daily apps. How we decided to work on it: We’ve recently read YC Request for startups Summer25 and were inspired by the idea of AI Voice Assistant for Mail by YC partner Tyler Bosmeny. What we’ve got: We’ve gone a bit further than Assistant for mail only and connected Gmail, Todoist, Google Calendar, and…
Apr 2026 · novavoice.app · its alternatives →
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Manage email and calendar with voice
2025 · useharmony.com · its alternatives →
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A open, local, and private voice assistant for your home
2024 · home-assistant.io · its alternatives →
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Knowtex▲110Voice AI billing for clinical notes, ICD-10 and E&M codes
2025 · app-knowtex.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · snips.ai · its alternatives →
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2014 · jasperproject.github.io · its alternatives →
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A digital assistant for the Raspberry Pi and Ubuntu - iamsrp/dexter
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A fast, open-source voice assistant powered by Groq, Cartesia, and Vercel.
2024 · swift-ai.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Ivee▲83Control your home with a personal voice-activated assistant.
2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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Stenox▲72Your voice, perfectly transcribed in every app & browser
Jan 2026 · stenox.app · its alternatives →
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Missed calls answered, summarized, and delivered instantly
Dec 2025 · voicemate.us · its alternatives →
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Multilingual transcription & translation for Mac
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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mybench.net▲71Privacy first cloud based text to speech and OCR web app
2021 · mybench.net · its alternatives →
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AI plugin. Local and encrypted.
22d ago · innerloop.works · its alternatives →
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Steno▲88Type 4x faster, with your voice - powered by whisper.cpp
2023 · meetsteno.com · its alternatives →
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