AI transcription tools
Alternatives to IBM Watson Speech to Text
The tools Specifiction weighs against IBM Watson Speech to Text, from its list of ai transcription tools, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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Whisper Whisper suits developers and researchers building speech-processing applications or conducting further research.
From $0.01/mo Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · API9.5 Visit Specs - 02
Notta From $8.17/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS9.4 Visit Specs - 03 Express Scribe
Express Scribe suits medical, legal and video transcription workflows.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API9.3 Visit Specs - 04
Rev AI From $0.01/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API9.3 Visit Specs - 05
Happy Scribe It suits people who need multilingual transcription, subtitling, or translation, and teams that collaborate on recorded material.
From $8.50/mo Free plan macOS · iOS · Android · API9.2 Visit Specs - 06
Superwhisper Superwhisper suits people who dictate across apps and want text adapted to screen context.
From $7.08/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS9.0 Visit Specs - 07
Amazon Transcribe From $0.01/mo Free plan Web · API8.9 Visit Specs - 08 Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Speech-to-Text suits developers integrating transcription into applications or workflows that need streaming, batch, or synchronous recognition.
From $0.02/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.8 Visit Specs - 09
Transkriptor Transkriptor suits people who need audio transcription or translation across supported languages, with speaker labels and timestamps.
From $8.33/mo Web · iOS · Android · API8.8 Visit Specs - 10
Gladia Gladia suits developers building audio recording, transcription, or analysis into products through an API.
From $0.20/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · API8.8 Visit Specs - 11 Simon Says
Simon Says suits people who need to transcribe or translate audio and video, edit transcripts, or move text into video and audio editing tools.
From $15/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.8 Visit Specs - 12
AssemblyAI It suits developers building transcription, speech-understanding, or voice applications who need API access, language coverage, or self-hosting.
From $0.15/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.7 Visit Specs - 13
FileToText From $3/mo Free plan API8.7 Visit Specs - 14 Vosk
Vosk suits developers building applications that need offline or streaming speech recognition.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS8.4 Visit Specs - 15
Sarvam AI Speech to Text From ₹30/mo Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted8.4 Visit Specs - 16
TurboScribe From $10/mo Free plan Web8.3 Visit Specs - 17 Trint
Trint suits newsrooms, podcasters, local businesses, and global organizations that need searchable transcripts, editing, collaboration, or publishing tools.
Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · iOS8.3 Visit Specs - 18
Maestra Maestra may suit people working with video, meetings, webinars, podcasts, education, film, or social media who need transcription or localization.
From $12/mo Free trial Web · API · Browser extension8.3 Visit Specs - 19
MacWhisper From €64/mo Free plan macOS · iOS8.3 Visit Specs - 20
Transcribe by Wreally From $1.67/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 21
noScribe It suits researchers, journalists, and others working with interview or sensitive audio who want local transcription and transcript-editing tools.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 22 f4transkript
f4 is presented for transcription and qualitative research, with individual, student, teaching, institutional, and campus license options.
From €25/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 23
ElevenLabs From $6/mo Free plan Web · API8.3 Visit Specs - 24 Picovoice Leopard
Leopard suits developers and enterprises that need local transcription of recorded audio or video, including word-level metadata and speaker tags.
Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.2 Visit Specs - 25
Aiko Free trial macOS · iOS8.1 Visit Specs - 26 InqScribe
It suits researchers, translators, filmmakers, journalists, transcriptionists, educators and other professionals working with audio or video.
From $10/mo Free plan Windows · macOS8.1 Visit Specs - 27 easytranscript
easytranscript suits people who want desktop transcription with editing controls, timestamps, and speaker management.
From €5/mo Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.1 Visit Specs - 28
oTranscribe Free plan Open source Web · Self-hosted8.1 Visit Specs - 29
Buzz Buzz suits people who want to transcribe or translate audio locally, including from video, YouTube links, or a live microphone.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 30 HyperTRANSCRIBE From $139/mo Free trial Windows · macOS7.8 Visit Specs
IBM Watson Speech to Text, head to head
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Whisper
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Notta
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Express Scribe
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Rev AI
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Happy Scribe
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Superwhisper
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Amazon Transcribe
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Transkriptor
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Gladia
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs Simon Says
- IBM Watson Speech to Text vs AssemblyAI