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Top 8 Whisper Alternatives in 2026

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Whisper

Free★ 4.7

OpenAI speech recognition

🎵 Audio & Voice
#1
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Whisper.cpp

Free

Local speech recognition

Same category with shared features: speech-to-text, transcription

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#2
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Whisper JAX

Free

Fast speech transcription

Same category with shared features: transcription, speech-to-text

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#3
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Sonix

Paid★ 4.4

Fast AI transcription in 40+ languages

Same category with shared features: transcription, multilingual

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#4
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VibeVoice

Free★ 4.7

Microsoft open-source frontier voice AI

Same category — solves similar problems

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#5
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MLX Audio

Free★ 4.5

TTS, STT, and speech-to-speech on Apple Silicon

Same category — solves similar problems

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#6
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LinuxWhisper

Free★ 4.3

Native AI voice assistant for Linux

Same category — solves similar problems

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Coqui

Free★ 4.3

Open-source voice AI

Same category — solves similar problems

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Tortoise TTS

Free★ 4.3

Quality-focused text-to-speech

Same category — solves similar problems

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