AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Yehi AI
Fully local AI voice typing in any app
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 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Context-aware voice keyboard for any app
2024 · talktastic.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm a longtime web dev, but this is my first macOS app. Feedback is very welcome <3 I built TongueType because every dictation app I tried failed at least one of three things: it sent my audio to someone's cloud, it charged me monthly fee, or it felt clunky or enterprisy. The cloud thing kills it for anything sensitive. The subscription thing is insulting for what amounts to "Whisper + a hotkey." TongueType runs Whisper locally on Apple Silicon via CoreML. It's built to feel like a second keyboard: tap the hotkey, talk, let go, words appear. It sits in the menu bar (no dock icon, no…
May 2026 · tonguetype.app · its alternatives →
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Yapfree▲140Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device
Jul 2026 · frigade.com · its alternatives →
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Smarty▲108AI iOS keyboard to chat, suggest & summarize in any app
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Najva▲147Your free AI-powered voice assistant for Mac
2024 · bardiakhosravi.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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dictate.▲103Replace your iPhone keyboard with AI voice typing
Mar 2026 · usedictate.app · its alternatives →
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Whisper Notes▲115Offline AI Speech to Text Transcription for iOS & macOS
2025 · whispernotes.app · its alternatives →
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yuyin.io▲136Master Chinese pronunciation with AI-powered feedback
2025 · yuyin.io · its alternatives →
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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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AI Audio Kit▲92Easy audio transcription from your macOS desktop
2024 · aiaudiokit.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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VoicePad AI▲53Offline voice dictation for Windows, Mac, iOS & Android
Jul 2026 · voicepad.tech · its alternatives →
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TypingMate▲92Create AI Shortcuts and use anywhere on your iPhone
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Private AI dictation that lets you operate offline.
Jun 2026 · muttervoice.com · its alternatives →
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VibeSonic▲64Not just dictation and private AI voice toolkit
Apr 2026 · vibesonic.ai · its alternatives →
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Voice AI that turns speech into text and smart prompts.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I wanted Whisper-level dictation on my Intel 2020 iMac without: * paying a monthly fee for the privilege of using my own API key, * hauling an 800 MB local model, or * copy-paste gymnastics from a floating window. So I built VTS (Voice Typing Studio). What it is: * 5 MB notarised menu-bar app. Press a toggle hot-key → talk → text lands wherever the cursor is. * Bring-your-own OpenAI / Groq key. Nothing touches my servers. * Universal binary – runs on Intel and Apple silicon. * MIT-licensed; core stays free/open. If future features justify it, a pro tier may appear. Repo, DMG, and…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AI voice typing for Mac, built for current-app flow
May 2026 · whisperinput.ai · its alternatives →
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