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Products that do what Universal Dictation on Stream does

Private Voice Ring for dictation across iOS & Mac

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   Dictato▲93

   Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac

   Feb 2026

2. 2
   Phantom Voice▲79

   Local push-to-talk dictation for Mac

   Jul 2026 · leftinverse.com

3. 3
   Dictly▲240

   Private, on-device dictation — fast, styled and 100% offline

   Oct 2025

4. 4
   Stream Ring by Sandbar▲138

   Capture thoughts & build ideas anywhere

   Nov 2025

5. 5
   Ada Dictation, for Mac▲95

   Transcribe & edit privately, w/ unlimited minutes on desktop

   2020

6. 6
   Speakmac▲190

   The offline dictation macOS should have had

   Nov 2025

7. 7
   Zen Whisper▲136

   On-device Mac dictation that types into any app

   Aug 2026 · zenproducts.ai

8. 8
   Walkie▲228

   Free local AI voice dictation tool

   Apr 2026

9. 9
   Yap▲140

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

   Jul 2026 · frigade.com

10. 10
    Ada Dictation▲90

    Transcribe and edit privately, with unlimited minutes

    2019

11. 11
    dictate.▲103

    Replace your iPhone keyboard with AI voice typing

    Mar 2026

12. 12
    Smart Dictation▲90

    Multilingual transcription & translation for Mac

    2025

13. 13
    AI dication by Snaply▲101

    Free, 100% local, AI dictation for Mac

    Jan 2026

14. 14
    TongueType for macOS▲109

    Local dictation for macOS without the subscription

    May 2026

15. 15
    Megaphone▲102

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

    Jul 2026 · megaphone.kuber.studio

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    Whisper Notes▲115

    Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS

    2025

17. 17
    Spoke▲102

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

    Mar 2026

18. 18
    Spokenly▲178

    Type 4x faster with your voice

    2025

19. 19
    Supavoice▲206

    Voice to text app for macos

    2025

20. 20
    SpeakoFlow▲95

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

    Aug 2026 · speakoflow.com

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    Stenox▲72

    Your voice, perfectly transcribed in every app & browser

    Jan 2026

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    Aloud▲118

    Turn spoken feedback into tasks your coding agent can run

    17d ago · aloud.sh

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    Dictation▲118

    The fastest and most accurate speech recognition software

    2018

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    Aurely▲93

    Private voice reminders for Mac with no cloud or accounts

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