Monologue AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like Monologue

Monologue is described as 'Effortless, perfect voice dictation' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Monologue for a variety of platforms, including Mac, iPhone, Windows, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Monologue alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Monologue are Voxtral, OpenWispr, Spokenly and Whisper.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon

    Vibe Transcribe

     57 likes

    Vibe is an auto transcription service that utilizes local language learning models (LLMs) or artificial intelligence to provide transcriptions for a wide range of languages. The service prioritizes user privacy by offering fully offline transcription, ensuring that no data ever...

    125 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Monologue.

    • Vibe Transcribe is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Monologue.

    • Vibe Transcribe is Free and Open SourceMonologue is Free and Proprietary
    • Vibe Transcribe is Privacy focusedMonologue is not according to our users
  2. Voxtral icon

    Voxtral

     21 likes

    Voxtral models are state-of-the-art speech understanding models, which are available in two sizes — a 24B variant for production-scale applications and a 3B variant for local and edge deployments. Both versions are released under the Apache 2.0 license.

    79 Voxtral alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Hugging Face
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
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    • Voxtral is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Monologue.

    • Voxtral is Freemium and Open SourceMonologue is Free and Proprietary
  4. OpenWispr icon

    OpenWispr

     8 likes

    Voice-to-text dictation app with local Whisper models and OpenAI API. Privacy-first, cross-platform, global hotkey activated.

    22 OpenWispr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Spokenly icon

    Spokenly

     13 likes

    Experience effortless voice-to-text on your Mac. Speak your thoughts, and let modern AI handle the typing—no hidden data collection, no distractions.

    71 Spokenly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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    • Spokenly is the most popular iPhone alternative to Monologue.

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryMonologue is also Free and Proprietary
    • Spokenly is Privacy focused and LightweightMonologue is not according to our users
  7. Whisper icon

    Whisper

     24 likes

    Whisper is a general-purpose speech recognition model. It is trained on a large dataset of diverse audio and is also a multi-task model that can perform multilingual speech recognition as well as speech translation and language identification.

    130 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Paraspeech icon

    Paraspeech

     6 likes

    Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Paraspeech is the most popular commercial alternative to Monologue.

    • Paraspeech is Paid and ProprietaryMonologue is Free and Proprietary
  10. Moonshine AI icon

    Moonshine AI

     12 likes

    Moonshine is a family of speech-to-text models optimized for fast and accurate automatic speech recognition (ASR) on resource-constrained devices. It is well-suited to real-time, on-device applications like live transcription and voice command recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Ito.ai icon

    Ito.ai

     6 likes

    Ito transforms your voice into perfect text anywhere on Mac. Speak naturally, and our AI crafts polished messages for any context.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. VoiceInk icon

    VoiceInk

     6 likes

    Instantly converts spoken words to text using local AI for near-perfect accuracy and privacy, with real-time transcription, seamless macOS integration, user-supplied AI keys, multiple language support, and no cloud data upload required.

    66 VoiceInk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. Superwhisper icon

    Superwhisper

     7 likes

    Revolutionize your writing process with offline voice-to-text capabilities that transform spoken words into perfectly formatted documents, emails, and notes. Supported on Mac and iPhone, this ad-free, AI-powered tool offers seamless transcription and efficient dictation tie-ins with Whisper-AI technology.

    76 Superwhisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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  15. Katari icon

    Katari

     3 likes

    Voice-to-text solution for Mac enabling dictation anywhere with a keyboard shortcut—no internet required. Delivers instant, private transcription in 100+ languages, translation to English, vocabulary customization, universal app compatibility, one-time payment, and zero data collection.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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