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Speech Note vs TranslateLocally: catalog facts
Speech Note	TranslateLocally
Free Free and open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.	Free Free for personal use; commercial use of the Chrome extension needs a licence.
Linux	Browser extension
Speech recognition, speech synthesis and translation all run offline Wide choice of engines, including Whisper, Piper and Kokoro	Translation runs locally for privacy Works without sending text to a server
Linux and Sailfish OS only Models must be downloaded separately and can be large	Needs a CPU with SSE4.1 support Fewer language pairs than large online translators
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Browser extension
Open source	Closed source
License: MPL-2.0	License not stated
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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