Dictanote Alternatives

Dictanote is described as 'Seamlessly switch between typing and voice to take notes with support for 40 languages. Real-time transcription with paragraphs, punctuation, and emoticons' and is a audio transcription tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Dictanote for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone, Web-based and Android apps. The best Dictanote alternative is Handy STT, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dictanote are CherryTree, Vibe Transcribe, Trilium Notes and Cryptee.

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  1. Scriber Pro icon
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    Scriber Pro transforms your audio and video files into accurate text in seconds with the power of AI transcription. Whether you're transcribing meetings, interviews, lectures, or personal recordings, Scriber Pro makes it effortless.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. FU Flow icon
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    Free offline dictation for Windows that types what you say into any application, using a Whisper speech model that runs on your own machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  3. SayWrite  icon
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    100% on-device, privacy first speech to text desktop app with offline Qwen grammar cleanup.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  4. VibeVoice icon
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    VibeVoice is a novel framework designed for generating expressive, long-form, multi-speaker conversational audio, such as podcasts, from text. It addresses significant challenges in traditional Text-to-Speech (TTS) systems, particularly in scalability, speaker consistency, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
    • Hugging Face
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  5. Free, open source voice dictation for macOS. On-device transcription with Apple's Speech framework. No cloud, no API keys, no account.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  6. Open-source AI voice typing for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Press a hotkey, speak naturally, get polished text in any app.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Wordwand icon
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    WordWand is a system-wide AI assistant for macOS that works in any app through a single keyboard shortcut. No copy-pasting, no tab switching — just select text, press a hotkey, and transform it instantly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Fast, fully local dictation and live translation for Apple Silicon Macs — Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet run on-device, no cloud. A global hotkey types into any app, subtitles stream to OBS and vMix, and the free iOS companion app turns an iPhone into a wireless mic. $29 one-time.

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. StarWhisper is a Windows voice-to-text app with private offline transcription, optional cloud transcription, dictation, file transcription, and GPU acceleration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. Keep your personal notes truly private with MyEncryptedNotes — a fast, lightweight, and fully offline encrypted notepad for Windows. All data is protected locally using ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption, ensuring modern, high-performance security without cloud dependencies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Transcribe and translate audio locally on your Mac. Fast, private, one-time purchase.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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