Alternatives

Products that do what whispr-stream does

On-device speech-to-text for Mac, built on Qwen3-ASR via MLX

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MacWhisper▲123
High quality text transcription with OpenAI's whisper on Mac
2023
2
GoWhisper▲150
Cross-platform, privacy-first audio transcription app
2023
3
WhisperWizard▲149
Speech to text with smarter transcription
2024
4
Voicetypr▲109
Speech to text for writing thoughts faster & privately
Oct 2025
5
Yap▲140
Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device
Jul 2026
6
PlayHT-Turbo▲148
The fastest generative AI Text-to-Speech API
2023
7
Harker 2.0▲115
Private speech-to-text on your Mac
Apr 2026
8
Harker▲138
Turn thoughts into text at the speed of speech
2025
9
Qwen3-TTS▲155
Voice design, cloning & 97ms streaming
Jan 2026
10
SpeechKit▲152
The best way to make your news stories available in audio
2017
11
Voicegram by Sayspring▲91
Record and share conversations with Alexa from the browser
2018
12
WhisperUI▲120
Most affordable text-to-speech and speech-to-text service
2024
13
TongueType for macOS▲109
Local dictation for macOS without the subscription
May 2026
14
Lispr▲240
Hold a key, speak, and Lispr writes it anywhere
Jul 2026
15
OpenWispr▲190
100% local open source AI speech-to-text model
2025
16
Dictato▲93
Local instant voice-to-text for every Mac
Feb 2026
17
Whisperstream▲77
Local AI dictation for Windows
19d ago · whisperstream.io
18
Aloud▲118
Turn spoken feedback into tasks your coding agent can run
17d ago · aloud.sh
19
Whisper Snapper for Mac▲139
Local transcripts with speaker labels, timestamps, + export
Dec 2025
20
Verby▲72
Free text to speech converter with SSML editor
2019
21
Whisper Notes▲115
Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS
2025
22
FnKey▲104
macOS dictation with Deepgram stream
Mar 2026
23
Polly Text To Speech▲94
AI-powered text to speech converter
2021
24
Signal Recorder SR-7▲101
On-device voice recorder that transcribes + exports Markdown
Jun 2026

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