Alternatives to TheWhisper

Speech-to-text API for accented, multilingual audio — real-time streaming at 350ms or batch transcription, on-device, on-prem or in the

Free, open-weight Ukrainian speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech models you can download, fine-tune and self-host

Audioflare is a free open-source browser playground that transcribes, analyzes, translates, and summarizes audio clips up to 30 seconds on Cloudflare Workers

Deepgram sells speech-to-text, text-to-speech and a one-call Voice Agent API, with Flux STT doing turn detection and interruption handling for live agents.

AssemblyAI speech-to-text APIs for batch, realtime, and voice agent builds — one key, one bill.

Rev turns body cam, jail calls and case photos into a citation-backed investigative intelligence platform for legal teams.

HappyScribe turns meetings and any audio or video file into transcripts, subtitles and summaries in 150+ languages, with verifiable timestamped quotes.

Enterprise AI transcription with live capture, verification and AI Highlights for media teams.

OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model for multilingual transcription and to-English translation you can self-host for free

Sonix transcribes audio and video at 99% accuracy in 54+ languages, then layers AI analysis, speaker diarization, and cited answers across

Soniox is a speech AI API for real-time and batch transcription, text-to-speech, and speech translation across 60+ languages.

Meeting recording API for Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams — pull transcripts, MP4s, and per-speaker audio into your product

Real-time and async speech-to-text API with speaker diarization, sentiment, and 100+ language audio intelligence.

Transcribe video to text free in the browser — YouTube links, MP4 and Zoom files, no sign-up.

MacWhisper transcribes audio to text offline on your Mac with Whisper, Parakeet and Qwen3-ASR — no audio leaves your machine.

Free, open-source speech-to-text that runs entirely on your own machine, with diarization, summaries, and a calendar-based audio notebook.

UniScribe turns recorded audio and video into transcripts, summaries, mind maps and key questions in 60+ languages.

Transcribe audio with OpenAI Whisper, then repurpose it into 57+ content types and vertical clips.

Browser-based AI subtitle generator that turns video and audio into SRT, VTT or TXT files, with translation in 120 languages.

Maestra AI does AI transcription, subtitles, translation, and voice dubbing in 125+ languages, live or on demand.

MiMo-V2.5 Voice: Xiaomi's TTS API for expressive Chinese-English speech synthesis

Voice Recorder & Memos Pro is a phone-first recorder that transcribes speech to text live while the audio is still recording.

Unlimited AI transcription in 98+ languages for a flat monthly rate

Vocol.AI records Chinese, Japanese, and English meetings and turns them into transcripts, summaries, action items, and shared highlights.

Upload-first transcription for audio and video files: speaker-labeled transcripts plus editable AI insight blocks and role-based scorecards.

FastScribe converts audio and video files into speaker-labeled transcripts, SRT subtitles, and AI summaries.

SoundNote is an iOS voice recorder that turns meetings, lectures, and interviews into searchable AI transcripts and paragraph summaries.

Scribix is an AI video clipper that turns long podcasts, interviews and lessons into captioned 9:16 shorts you can schedule to YouTube,

Free Thai speech-to-text: a Whisper fine-tune you can try in the browser or self-host

Open-source, self-hosted web app that transcribes and translates audio entirely on your own machine.