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OpenWhispr combines voice dictation, transcription, and meeting notes across iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. It can process speech locally, or use cloud transcription that says audio is discarded, and it does not use user content to train AI models. Support for more than 100 languages, automatic detection, speaker labels, transcript editing, caption export, searchable transcripts, and bot-free meeting capture cover both everyday writing and recorded conversations. The free plan includes 2,000 transcription words weekly and five hours of meeting recordings monthly; Pro starts at $6.67 per user monthly when billed annually.

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    Bluedot

    Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+4

    Teams needing searchable, shareable meeting conversations — Bluedot focuses on bot-free meeting capture, AI chat across meetings, sharing, comments, clips, and many calendar and CRM integrations.

    Free plan · paid from $14/user/mo (annual) · 3-day trial Visit site
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    EchoPilot

    Free plan AndroidiPhoneMac+2

    Users wanting device-based meeting minutes and task links — EchoPilot records meetings, lectures, and voice notes on devices, then adds reviewable action cards and approved task integrations.

    Free plan · paid from $11.99/mo Visit site
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    JotMe

    Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+3

    Multilingual meetings needing live interpretation — JotMe adds real-time translation across 200+ languages, multilingual notes, and shareable captions alongside speaker-labeled transcription.

    Free plan · paid from $10/user/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Notta

    by Notta
    Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+3

    Users needing broad exports and timestamped transcripts — Notta supports 58 languages and exports transcripts to TXT, DOCX, SRT, PDF, and XLSX, with 1,800 included minutes.

    Free plan · paid from $8.17/user/mo (annual) · 7-day trial Visit site
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    Geode

    Free plan AndroidiPhoneMac+1

    Offline, on-device recording and translation — Geode emphasizes offline recording, transcription, translation, and Mac summaries, with desktop speaker separation and file imports.

    Free plan · paid from $4.17/mo (annual) · 7-day trial Visit site
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    Grain

    Free plan APIMacWeb+1

    Conversation intelligence and coaching feedback — Grain adds meeting insights, coaching feedback, calendar integrations, and 130-language transcription, with bot-free computer-audio capture.

    Free plan · paid from $15/user/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
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    Read AI

    by Read AI
    Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+4

    Meeting summaries across major video platforms — Read AI uses bot-based capture for Zoom, Teams, and Meet, with summaries and action items in 16 languages.

    Free plan · paid from $15/user/mo (annual) Visit site
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    mercuryScribe

    Free plan Open source LinuxMacSelf-hosted+2
    9.1 Free plan Visit site
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    AssemblyAI

    Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb
    7.5 From $0.15 Visit site
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    AudioPod AI

    Free plan APIiPhoneWeb
    7.5 Free plan · paid from $20/mo Visit site
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    Happy Scribe

    Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1
    7.5 Free plan Visit site
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    Pepys

    Free plan APIExtensionWeb
    7.3 Free plan · paid from $12.50 Visit site
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    ElevenLabs

    by ElevenLabs
    Free plan APIWeb
    7.2 Free plan · paid from $6/mo Visit site
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    Rev

    Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1
    7.2 Free plan · paid from $25.49/user/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Simon Says

    by Simon Says
    Free plan ExtensioniPhoneMac+3
    7.2 Free plan · paid from $15/user/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Speechmatics

    Free plan APILinuxMac+3
    7.1 Free plan · paid from $0.13 Visit site
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    Podsqueeze

    Free plan APIWeb
    7.0 From $8.99/mo Visit site
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    SkyScribe

    Free plan APIExtensionWeb
    7.0 Free plan · paid from $25/mo Visit site
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    Transkriptor

    Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+2
    7.0 Free plan · paid from $9.99/mo Visit site
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    Whipscribe

    Free plan APIExtensionMac+1
    6.9 Free plan · paid from $2 Visit site
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    Swell AI

    Free plan APIWeb
    6.8 Free plan · paid from $17/mo Visit site
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    Podlog

    Free plan Self-hostedWeb
    6.7 Open source Visit site
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    Transcribe.so

    Free plan APIWeb
    6.7 Free plan · paid from $9/mo Visit site
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    Transcript.so

    Free plan Web
    6.6 Free plan · paid from $10/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Castmagic

    Paid APIiPhoneWeb
    5.9 From $19/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Amberscript

    by Amberscript
    Paid API
    5.7 From €10 Visit site
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    Trint

    by Trint
    Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+3
    5.5 7-day trial Visit site
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    5.3 From $0.50 Visit site
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    Postcrest

    Paid Web
    5.2 From $15/mo (annual) Visit site
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    Sonix

    by Sonix
    Paid API
    5.1 From $10 Visit site

Another service may suit you better if you need Android or web access, live translation, offline recording, richer sharing, or a specialized meeting-intelligence workflow. OpenWhispr's Pro plan allows 20 hours of meeting recordings monthly, while Business costs $13.33 per user monthly when billed annually and removes that recording limit. Compare platform coverage, language support, processing location, meeting capture, transcript controls, exports, integrations, collaboration tools, and the balance between dictation and meeting-focused features before switching.

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