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24 alternatives to Voice Overlay for Android and iOS Devs by Algolia

Add speech to text to any app in minutes

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Voice Overlay for Android and iOS Devs by Algolia launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Voice Overlay for iOS and Android Apps▲15
We're seeing at Algolia a lot of developers implementing speech to text in their mobile apps, but didn't see much in the way of tooling to help them do it. So we set out to fix it, and wanted to release it not just for our users, but for any devs who want to do this. iOS/Swift: https://github.com/algolia/voice-overlay-ios/ Android/Kotlin: https://github.com/algolia/voice-overlay-android/ We wanted to take away the boilerplate necessary and leave the UI and other customizations in place. We've been looking forward to sharing this…
2018 · its alternatives →
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Aqua Voice▲580
Incredibly fast voice input for Mac and Windows
2025 · aquavoice.com · its alternatives →
3
Text to Speech API by Listnr▲182
Easiest way to add text to audio functionality to your apps
2022 · its alternatives →
4
Monologue for iOS▲263
Turn your voice into polished writing—wherever you go.
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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api.ai▲301
Build your own Siri. Speech interface for apps and devices.
2014 · its alternatives →
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Dial8▲120
Private, on-device speech-to-text for every app
2024 · dial8.ai · its alternatives →
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Grok's Text to Speech API ▲119
Grok's Text to Speech API is now available.
Mar 2026 · x.ai · its alternatives →
8
Text-to-Speech by Smallest.ai▲121
Hyper-realistic AI voiceovers
2025 · smallest.ai · its alternatives →
9
Lifelike Voices Text to Speech▲73
A free text to speech app based on Amazon Polly
2018 · its alternatives →
10
WhisperUI▲120
Most affordable text-to-speech and speech-to-text service
2024 · its alternatives →
11
Dictato▲93
Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac
Feb 2026 · dicta.to · its alternatives →
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VERBATIK - AI Text To Speech (VoiceOver)▲65
Pick a voice, paste a text and get Ready Speech :)
2022 · its alternatives →
13
Text to Speech API▲91
Deliver a better voice experience
2023 · its alternatives →
14
VoicePad AI▲53
Offline voice dictation for Windows, Mac, iOS & Android
Jul 2026 · voicepad.tech · its alternatives →
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Speechable▲56
Multilingual text-to-speech app
2021 · its alternatives →
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SeeHear - Text Capture▲68
Text-to-speech conversion
2023 · its alternatives →
17
AI Speech to Text▲9
Desktop app
2023 · its alternatives →
18
Fish Speech 1.4▲52
Open-Source Multilingual Text-to-Speech with Voice Cloning
2024 · fish.audio · its alternatives →
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Text to Speech - Unlimited▲4
Free Unlimited Text-to-Speech App for Android
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Voice Notes to Text - SotiTalk▲13
iOS voice to text app, real-time & privacy-first
Feb 2026 · sotitalk.soticek.com · its alternatives →
21
Voiser AI Voiceover | Text to Speech▲19
Generate ultra-realistic text-to-speech in 140+ languages
2025 · link.voiser.net · its alternatives →
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Milapole.com Speech-to-Text SaaS▲9
SaaS App Store: One Price, Unlimited Users+AI Speech-to-Text
2025 · milapole.com · its alternatives →
23
Speecho▲6
#1 Advanced text-to-speech app - 10x cheaper than others.
Nov 2025 · speechoo.app · its alternatives →
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Write by Voice - Speech to Text app▲7
Write using your voice. Convert your speech to text!
2022 · its alternatives →

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