Alternatives to Speechnotes
A browser-based dictation notepad and automatic transcription service for audio and video files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Speechnotes
A browser-based dictation notepad and automatic transcription service for audio and video files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Speechnotes.
Voice In
A browser extension for Chrome and Edge that types what you say into any website.
Voice In is a free extension for Chrome and Edge that types speech into most websites, but it works only in the browser and does not transcribe files.
Wispr Flow
A voice dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text in any application.
Wispr Flow is a freemium dictation app for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS that works in any app and cleans up filler words.
Superwhisper
A voice dictation app that turns speech into text in any app, using offline or cloud recognition.
Superwhisper dictates into any app on desktop and mobile with offline or cloud recognition in over 100 languages, and custom AI modes reformat transcripts.
Handy
Dictate into desktop text fields with local speech recognition.
Handy is a free MIT desktop app that dictates into any text field with local speech recognition, so audio stays on your computer instead of an online service.
Aqua Voice
An AI voice dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text in any app.
Aqua Voice is a freemium dictation app for Windows, macOS and iOS with a push-to-talk key and AI cleanup, including technical and coding dictation.
HappyScribe
An AI transcription, subtitle and meeting notes service supporting more than 150 languages.
HappyScribe replaces the file transcription side with a freemium service in more than 150 languages, optional human proofreading and subtitles, without a dictation notepad.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Sonix
An online transcription service that converts audio and video to text in over 54 languages.
Rev
An AI and human transcription service with captioning, a transcript editor and a mobile voice recorder app.
Notta
An AI note taker that transcribes and summarizes meetings, interviews, lectures and uploaded recordings.
Whisper
An open-source speech recognition model from OpenAI for transcribing and translating audio on your own machine.
Spokenly
A dictation app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that uses local Whisper or cloud models.
