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Balabolka vs Speech Note: catalog facts
Balabolka	Speech Note
Free Freeware, funded by sales of the developer's Cross+A software.	Free Free and open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
Windows, Command line	Linux
Uses any installed system voice Opens many document and ebook formats	Speech recognition, speech synthesis and translation all run offline Wide choice of engines, including Whisper, Piper and Kokoro
Windows only Voice quality depends on the installed speech engines	Linux and Sailfish OS only Models must be downloaded separately and can be large
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Freeware	License: MPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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