AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Real-time voice chat with AI, no transcription
Hi HN -- voice chat with AI is very popular these days, especially with YC startups (https://twitter.com/k7agar/status/1769078697661804795). The current approaches all do a cascaded approach, with audio -> transcription -> language model -> text synthesis. This approach is easy to get started with, but requires lots of complexity and has a few glaring limitations. Most notably, transcription is slow, is lossy and any error propagates to the rest of the system, cannot capture emotional affect, is often not robust to code-switching/accents, and more. Instead, what…
This product enables direct voice conversations with AI by feeding audio directly to a language model, bypassing traditional transcription steps. It's designed for users who want faster, more natural voice interactions… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Real-time voice chat with AI, no transcription launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Luke from ElevenLabs here. We just released Scribe Realtime v2, our new real-time Speech to Text model. We rebuilt it from the ground up around a new architecture that uses predictive transcription – it anticipates the next likely word before it’s spoken. That makes it both fast (around 150 ms latency) and highly accurate. Scribe v2 Realtime outperforms every low latency transcription model across 30 commonly used EU and Asian languages – 93.5% accuracy, compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash (91.4%), GPT-4o MiniTranscribe (90.7%), and Deepgram Nova 3 (85%). It supports 90+ languages including…
2025 · elevenlabs.io · its alternatives →
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Have a natural, spoken conversation with AI! Contribute to KoljaB/RealtimeVoiceChat development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dubbing AI▲671Change your voice to anyone in realtime with AI, for free
2023 · dubbingai.io · its alternatives →
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Premium AI voice quality without the premium price tag.
2025 · async.com · its alternatives →
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High-quality voice clones with just 60 seconds of audio
2023 · wavel.ai · its alternatives →
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WhisperFusion builds upon the capabilities of open source tools WhisperLive and WhisperSpeech to provide a seamless conversations with an AI chatbot.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Wavel AI▲289Most realistic and natural AI voiceover & dubbing for videos
2023 · wavel.ai · its alternatives →
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Free AI transcription: convert video and audio to text, translate into 120 languages, download SRT, VTT, ASS or TXT, or export the video with subtitles on it.
2022 · freesubtitles.ai · its alternatives →
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24/7 custom AI livechat + realtime voice chatbot
2024 · chat-data.com · its alternatives →
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Ojin▲106Talk to an AI Agent with a real face and voice, in real time
Aug 2026 · ojin.ai · its alternatives →
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TurboScribe▲105Convert audio and video to accurate text in seconds with AI
2024 · turboscribe.ai · its alternatives →
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Hi, I built TalkBits because most language apps focus on vocabulary or exercises, but not actual conversation. The hard part of learning a language is speaking naturally under pressure. TalkBits lets you have real-time spoken conversations with an AI that acts like a native speaker. You can choose different scenarios (travel, daily life, work, etc.), speak naturally, and the AI responds with natural speech back. The goal is to make it feel like talking to a real person rather than doing lessons. Techwise, it uses realtime speech input, transcription, LLM responses, and tts streaming to keep…
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hello Hacker News, When learning foreign languages, I made the most progress by speaking them throughout the day, every day. So I made a site where you can *speak* to an AI language teacher to practice both listening and speaking. # The product *What I have now:* * Multilingual speech recognition: You can ask a question in English and get an answer in your target language. * Feedback on your grammar. * Suggestions: See examples of what to say next to keep the conversation flowing. * Speed: Choose a lower speed for beginners or a faster one for advanced levels. * Translations: Click to see a…
2023 · gliglish.com · its alternatives →
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A new spoken language training app based on ChatGPT
2023 · trancy.org · its alternatives →
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Aya by Stork▲77Talk like a human with your ChatGPT voice assistant
2023 · stork.ai · its alternatives →
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Greetings HN! I built Voice Isolate to be the simplest way to enhance any speech recording. After hearing so many videos/podcasts with great content but poor audio I realized not everyone can or wants to invest in a pro mic / studio / editing software but figured something simple should be possible now using AI. There are products that do this like Descript or ElevenLabs but I find they’re overcomplicated for many use cases (full blown app designed for professional podcasters, use a convoluted credit system, etc.). As a solo dev I wasn’t sure this was possible to do well but I…
2025 · voiceisolate.com · its alternatives →
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Make Music, Voiceovers and Videos With AI Vocals, Text to Speech, Voice Conversion and Voice Cloning
2022 · uberduck.ai · its alternatives →
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