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24 alternatives to VoiceTray

Expand your words, save your thoughts

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.

1
AudioPen▲888
The easiest way to convert messy thoughts into clear text
2023 · audiopen.ai · its alternatives →
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Voxio▲361
Turn speech into formatted text
2024 · its alternatives →
3
Voice Gecko▲258
Voice dictation at your fingertips—type less, say more.
2025 · its alternatives →
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Aqua Voice▲579
Incredibly fast voice input for Mac and Windows
2025 · aquavoice.com · its alternatives →
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Monologuefree tier, from $12/mo▲320
Effortless voice dictation so you can work 3x faster
2025 · monologue.to · its alternatives →
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Wave▲298
Turn your voice into text — local or cloud, your choice
Jun 2026 · wave.mxv.sh · its alternatives →
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Supavoice▲206
Voice to text app for macos
2025 · supavoice.app · its alternatives →
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VoiceGecko▲102
Open source, local voice-to-text
Aug 2026 · voicegecko.dev · its alternatives →
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Voicrfree▲254
Your voice in, polished text out — in seconds
Mar 2026 · voicr.pro · its alternatives →
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Harker▲138
Turn thoughts into text at the speed of speech
2025 · getharker.com · its alternatives →
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VoiceHotKey Speech to Text▲10
Your voice is a keyboard. VoiceHotKey – Dictate Instantly!
Apr 2026 · voicehotkey.com · its alternatives →
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SpeechZap▲127
Easily record and transcribe your thoughts on the go
2024 · its alternatives →
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Python Audio Transcription: Convert Speech to Text Locally▲110
Learn how to extract text from audio files locally using Python, Whisper, and other powerful tools. Complete setup guide with practical examples.
2025 · pavlinbg.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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VoiceGecko – System-wide voice-to-text that types anywhere▲53
2025 · voicegecko.io · its alternatives →
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VoiceNote▲77
Never lose a brilliant idea again
2022 · its alternatives →
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Text to Speech by FlexClip▲116
AI-powered text-to-speech and voice converter
2023 · flexclip.com · its alternatives →
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Aloud▲118
Turn spoken feedback into tasks your coding agent can run
Aug 2026 · aloud.sh · its alternatives →
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Orate▲108
A free Hotkey text-to-speech for any highlighted text
2025 · its alternatives →
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We brought iOS dictation to Windows▲82
2014 · myechoapp.com · its alternatives →
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Voice to Text - Transcribe Live▲91
Speech typing notes and memos
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Reppi▲78
AI powered speech to text notes
2023 · its alternatives →
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Voicetapp▲69
Transcribe any speech into text with high accuracy
2022 · voicetapp.com · its alternatives →
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Voxxy – a minimal, fast voice-to-text app for macOS▲9
Voice transcription app that lives in your macOS menu bar. Hold your hotkey to record, release to paste. On-device speech recognition, 35+ languages.
May 2026 · voxxy.io · its alternatives →

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