Gladia AlternativesAudio Transcription Tools and other similar apps like Gladia

Gladia is described as 'Production-ready Speech-to-Text API built for teams shipping real-world voice products—delivering high accuracy, multilingual coverage, real-time + async transcription, and a growing set of add-ons (diarization, translation, summarization, sentiment, formatting, and more)' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Gladia, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone and Linux apps. The best Gladia alternative is Vibe Transcribe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Gladia are Voxtral, Whisper, TranscribeX and Moonshine AI.

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  1. Vibe Transcribe icon
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    Delivers offline transcription of audio and video using local AI for privacy, supports batch processing, multi-language input, real-time preview, multi-format export, English translation, direct printing, system audio, microphone input, CLI, and setup customization on Windows, Linux, or macOS.

    242 Vibe Transcribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Voxtral icon
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    Advanced audio models for transcription, translation, and understanding, optimized for production and edge deployment, API accessible, open-source with Apache 2.0, delivering high accuracy, resource efficiency, and support for both large-scale and local use cases.

    139 Voxtral alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Hugging Face
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  3. Whisper icon
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    An open-source, end-to-end speech recognition system trained on 680,000 hours of diverse audio, providing multilingual transcription, to-English translation, language identification, phrase-level timestamps, and high performance in real-world scenarios using transformer architecture.

    237 Whisper alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Transcribing in different languages
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  4. TranscribeX icon
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    Local macOS solution for fast AI-powered transcription and translation of audio or video in over 100 languages, featuring speaker diarization, batch processing, GPU acceleration, file-type flexibility, drag-and-drop support, advanced editing, and secure privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. Moonshine AI icon
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    Optimized for edge hardware, this open-source tool provides fast, private on-device speech recognition for real-time transcription, command and speaker identification, lower word-error rates than Whisper models, and multi-language support over varied platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  6. Murmure icon
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    A privacy-first, open-source speech-to-text application that runs entirely on your machine, powered by a neural network via NVIDIA’s Parakeet model for fast, local transcription. Murmure turns your voice into text with no internet connection and zero data collection, and...

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. MacWhisper icon
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    Quickly and easily transcribe audio files into text with OpenAI's state-of-the-art transcription technology Whisper. Whether you're recording a meeting, lecture, or other important audio, MacWhisper quickly and accurately transcribes your audio files into text.

    225 MacWhisper alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. Dictato icon
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    Fast, private dictation for Mac. Transcribe speech to text instantly using Whisper, Parakeet, or Apple engines. 100% on-device — no cloud, no data sent. Works everywhere you type.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  9. Converts audio and video to text automatically with drag-and-drop, batch support, and reliable offline operation for privacy. Handles varied environments, multiple languages, and exports as TXT, CSV, SBV, SRT, or VTT while providing versatile transcript splitting options.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
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  10. Whisperian icon
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    Whisperian is a highly configurable voice-to-text (voice typing) tool made for Android. Supports local STT models like Parakeet v3.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  11. soink icon
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    Real-time Mac tool streams transcription as you speak, instantly edits text using voice commands, refines grammar and removes fillers in real time, and keeps both keyboard and voice input active together for continuous, efficient writing and editing flow.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  12. Lispr icon
     7 likes

    Free push-to-talk voice-to-text app for Mac and Windows that types what you say in roughly 99 languages, with no account required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    Talk. It types itself in any language.
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