Quobi Alternatives

Quobi is described as 'Open-source voice dictation using local speech and language models, offering offline transcription, three editing modes, and instant text insertion into any app' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Quobi for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, iPhone and Linux apps. The best Quobi alternative is Handy STT, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Quobi are Vibe Transcribe, OpenWhispr, Voxtral and FUTO Voice Input.

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  1. Open-source Mac application supporting local transcription of microphone, media, and system audio sources, with editable transcripts, live captions, privacy by design, export in TXT, Markdown, JSON, PDF, SRT, WebVTT, translation, and offline processing. Requires Apple silicon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  2. Live Subtitles is an AI live caption and dual subtitles app that transcribes any audio and translates it into 30+ languages in real time — live captions and bilingual subtitles for Zoom, Teams, YouTube, Netflix, Twitch, Discord and any app on Windows, macOS and iPhone.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. Subanana icon
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    Subanana is a multilingual AI speech-to-text workspace for subtitles, transcripts, translation, meeting minutes and live event captions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • HK flagHong Kong SAR China
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  4. TalkType icon
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    Free, offline speech-to-text for Linux using OpenAI Whisper — built for modern Wayland desktops (may also work on X11). Available as a .deb, .rpm, AUR package, or AppImage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. MeetLive icon
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    MeetLive is an AI meeting assistant for Google Meet, Teams, Zoom and Tencent Meeting. The extension transcribes live — no bot joins the call — and AI turns transcripts into summaries, action items and answers. Voice translation in the speaker's own voice, 60+ languages. Free plan included.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
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  6. Transcribe any audio or video to text for free, with automatic speaker labels and no daily cap. You get a TXT transcript plus SRT/VTT subtitles; an hour of audio takes about two minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Hello Transcribe is a private and secure speech to text transcriber that uses OpenAI Whisper and Whisper.cpp.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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