#speech-to-text - open-source, self-hostable tools

// COMPARISONS

Local speech to text Transcribing meetings, dictation or audio files offline: Meetily, Murmure, Scriberr and BetterWispr compared on models, hardware and what leaves the machine.

// ENTRIES

4 entries

A blue-tinted classical bust next to the line "Hold to talk. Release to type." and a download button for macOS.

BetterWispr

Dictate into any Mac app without your voice leaving the machine: Whisper, Parakeet or Apple's speech recognition transcribe locally, meetings included.

2026.10.26READ

The voice cloning workspace in dark mode: a demo voice selected, a line of script, and a button to start synthesis.

VoiceStudio

Clone a voice, dub a video or make an audiobook on your own machine: local speech synthesis, dictation and transcription, an open-source ElevenLabs alternative.

2026.10.26READ

Murmure

Dictate into any app without a connection: NVIDIA's Parakeet model transcribes your voice on the CPU, in 25 European languages, on Windows, macOS and Linux.

2026.06.12READ

Scriberr

Transcribe audio files on your own server with Whisper, Parakeet or Canary and label each speaker. Single user only, and no release since December 2025.