Alternatives to Voice In
A browser extension for Chrome and Edge that types what you say into any website. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Voice In
A browser extension for Chrome and Edge that types what you say into any website.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Voice In.
Speechnotes
A browser-based dictation notepad and automatic transcription service for audio and video files.
Speechnotes is a freemium browser dictation notepad with voice commands for punctuation and paid file transcription, relying on an online recognition service.
Wispr Flow
A voice dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text in any application.
Wispr Flow is a freemium app for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS that dictates into any application, not only websites, 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 using offline or cloud recognition in over 100 languages, with custom AI modes.
Spokenly
A dictation app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that uses local Whisper or cloud models.
Spokenly is a free app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that dictates system-wide with local Whisper models and a local-only mode.
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 recognition via a shortcut, working outside the browser as well.
Willow
An AI dictation app that turns speech into edited text in any app on Mac, Windows and iPhone.
Willow is a freemium dictation app for Mac, Windows and iPhone that works in any app with automatic cleanup and custom dictionaries.
Aqua Voice
An AI voice dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text in any app.
Aqua Voice is freemium dictation for Windows, macOS and iOS using a push-to-talk key in any app, with AI cleanup and coding dictation.
VoiceInk
A native macOS dictation app that transcribes speech to text offline with local AI models.
VoiceInk is a paid macOS-only app with fully offline dictation into any app, per-app modes and a personal dictionary, sold without a subscription.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Voice In as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
nerd-dictation
A single-file Python script for offline speech-to-text dictation on Linux, using the VOSK speech recognition engine.
Voice In is a free Chrome and Edge extension that dictates into websites, so it works only in the browser and not in desktop applications.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Whisper
An open-source speech recognition model from OpenAI for transcribing and translating audio on your own machine.
Speechify
A text-to-speech and voice typing app that reads documents, PDFs and web pages aloud.
DeepL
An AI translator and writing assistant for text, documents and speech, with desktop, mobile and browser apps.
