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Spokenly vs Speed of Sound: catalog facts
Spokenly	Speed of Sound
Free Described as free, with free local models that work offline.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence; cloud LLM polishing uses your own provider.
Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS	Linux
Offline dictation with local Whisper models Local-only mode that blocks network requests	Offline transcription with Whisper, Parakeet and Canary models Types into any app on X11 and Wayland
No Android version Cloud models send audio off the device	Linux only Accuracy depends on the model you download and your hardware
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is 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 October 1, 2026

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