AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Speechless: audios to texts
Transcribe & translate audios
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Speechless: audios to texts launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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APIs to automatically transcribe and understand audio
2017 · assemblyai.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! Braden here, creator of Whispering, an open-source speech-to-text app. I really like dictation. For years, I relied on transcription tools that were almost good, but they were all closed-source. Even a lot of them that claimed to be “local” or “on-device” were still black boxes that left me wondering where my audio really went. So I built Whispering. It’s open-source, local-first, and most importantly, transparent with your data. Your data is stored locally on your device, and your audio goes directly from your machine to a local provider (Whisper C++, Speaches, etc.) or your chosen…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Fast voice-to-text on 92 languages
2023 · its alternatives →
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2022 · freesubtitles.ai · its alternatives →
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Generate English subtitles for videos in any language
2022 · its alternatives →
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Hearica▲112Turn all computer audio into captions for the deaf
Mar 2026 · hearica.com · its alternatives →
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Privacy-first AI-powered transcription macOS app
2025 · whisperbuddy.com · its alternatives →
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Supercharge your transcription workflow using OpenAI Whisper
2023 · its alternatives →
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Use OpenAI Whisper for free audio transcription
2024 · its alternatives →
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A realtime, live transcription and translation app that works locally using a browser. Built with Huggingface Transformer.js and Supabase Realtime. Realtime in-browser speech-to-text with OpenAI Whisper! Broadcast to subscribed clients with Supabase Realtime. Translate to 200 languages with Meta's NLLB-200! Demo & source code https://supabase.link/realtime-ai-yt Shoutout to @xenovacom for building Transformers.js and providing plenty of examples at https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers.js/en/index#example...
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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