xcribe Alternatives

xcribe is described as 'Privacy-focused transcription tool for macOS. For free. No ads, no tracking, no data collection' and is a audio transcription tool in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to xcribe for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, iPhone and Linux apps. The best xcribe alternative is Handy STT, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like xcribe are Vibe Transcribe, Voxtral, FUTO Voice Input and TypeWhisper.

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  1. Transcribe any video, meeting, lecture, or podcast. Search what was said, ask questions with cited answers, and jump straight to the exact moment.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  2. 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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    • Mac
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  3. 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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  4. 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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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. voibe icon
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    Voibe is the fastest dictation app for Mac, built for developers and AI power users. It’s highly accurate, runs locally, and is fully private—working entirely offline across all apps. With deep Cursor integration, it resolves files and folders you speak.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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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. Cadence is a native voice workspace. Because our AI model runs on-device, your voice never leaves your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. 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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  9. koedesk icon
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    koedesk is a cross-platform voice-to-text tool. Press and hold a key, speak naturally, and your words are typed straight into whatever app you're using — Claude, ChatGPT, Slack, Mail, your editor, anywhere you can type.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. Bulbul icon
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    Bulbul is a free, open-source voice dictation app for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. Hold a hotkey (or tap the bubble on your phone), speak, and cleaned-up text appears in whatever app you're using — editor, browser, chat, terminal.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Android
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  11. 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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