Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Soro for Sonos 1.4

Now with new action: 'Speak Text', aka Intercom for Sonos

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Soro for Sonos 1.4 launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Soro▲69

   Control Sonos with Siri shortcuts

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   TalkTastic for macOS▲520

   Context-aware voice keyboard for any app

   2024 · talktastic.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   SpeakLine 5▲117

   Your text-to-speech companion for macOS, iOS and visionOS

   2024 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Wave▲310

   Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice

   Jun 2026 · wave.mxv.sh · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Speakmac▲190

   The offline dictation macOS should have had

   Nov 2025 · speakmac.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Spoke▲102

   Private voice-to-text for macOS. Hold a key, speak, done.

   Mar 2026 · usespoke.app · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dictato▲93

   Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac

   Feb 2026 · dicta.to · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Speak▲396

   Push-to-talk audio w/ your team for Mac w/ Slack integration

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Supavoice▲206

   Voice to text app for macos

   2025 · supavoice.app · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sonos One▲154

    A self-contained, Alexa-connected speaker from Sonos

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Sonos S2▲97

    The new OS powering the next generation of Sonos products

    2020 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    VoiceOS▲196

    Say it and it's done. JARVIS for your computer

    Jun 2026 · voiceos.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    SONOFY for Android▲6

    Notifications and Intercom for the home...Works with Sonos

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hey Siri▲260

    Commands you can use on your iOS and macOS Devices

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Megaphone▲102

    Open-source Mac dictation App that's 100% on-device

    Jul 2026 · megaphone.kuber.studio · its alternatives →

16. 16
    AudioBridge▲109

    Add AirPlay support to your Sonos speakers

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ses▲76

    macOS tray app to control your Sonos speakers ecosystem

    2020 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Yap▲140

    Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device

    Jul 2026 · frigade.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    SpeakoFlow▲95

    Free, open-source voice dictation and AI assistant, offline

    Aug 2026 · speakoflow.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Toky Instant Call▲85

    Start voice calls directly within Intercom Messenger

    2019 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Sonos Voice Control▲79

    Incredible sound. At your request.

    2022 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Sayline▲83

    The Most Productive Way to Type in 2026

    Jan 2026 · sayline.app · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Yap – OSS on-device voice dictation for macOS with no model to download▲104

    Hey HN! I wanted to share this OSS project I've been working on. It's called Yap and its a small menu-bar app for macOS that does voice to text for any input. You'll set a hotkey, press it, talk, press it again, and the text gets pasted into whatever field you were in. Everything runs locally and never leaves your computer. Fully OSS and MIT licensed. With macOS 26, Apple recently added two new APIs, SpeechAnalyzer and SpeechTranscriber, that do streaming on-device speech to text using models the OS ships and manages. So the app ships no model of its own and loads nothing before the first…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    TalkFlowy▲75

    Local real-time voice transcription for Mac

    Apr 2026 · talkflowy.com · its alternatives →

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