Paraspeech AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like Paraspeech

Paraspeech is described as 'Fast and 100% offline Speech to Text for MacOS' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Paraspeech for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone, Web-based and Android apps. The best Paraspeech alternative is Handy STT, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Paraspeech are Vibe Transcribe, Voxtral, OpenWispr and Spokenly.

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  1. Handy STT icon
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    A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline.

    67 Handy STT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Handy STT is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Paraspeech.

    • Handy STT is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Paraspeech.

    • Handy STT is Free and Open SourceParaspeech is Paid and Proprietary
    • Handy STT is Lightweight and Privacy focusedParaspeech is not according to our users
  2. Vibe Transcribe icon
     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...

    124 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Voxtral icon
     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.

    78 Voxtral alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • Voxtral is Freemium and Open SourceParaspeech is Paid and Proprietary
  4. OpenWispr icon
     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
     
  5. Spokenly icon
     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.

    70 Spokenly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • Spokenly is Free and ProprietaryParaspeech is Paid and Proprietary
    • Spokenly is Privacy focused and LightweightParaspeech is not according to our users
  6. Whisper icon
     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.

    129 Whisper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. TranscribeX icon
     8 likes

    TranscribeX is a powerful macOS app that converts your audio and video into accurate transcripts, translates them into over 100 languages, and helps you summarize or edit with advanced AI tools. Built with OpenAI Whisper and Nvidia Parakeet models, TranscribeX delivers accuracy...

    59 TranscribeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Moonshine AI icon
     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
     
  9. Ito.ai icon
     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
     
  10. Transcribe audio and video files automagically with simple drag-and-drop — even in batches! Be amazed by remarkable accuracy and rapid results.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
     
  11. VoiceInk icon
     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.

    65 VoiceInk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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