Voice Dictation Typing Voice AI Tools

Tools that convert speech-to-text in real-time and directly input the transcribed text into applications for typing/dictation purposes. Does NOT include translation, diarization, subtitle generation, or voice synthesis applications.

There are 30 voice dictation typing tools tracked. 3 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is jatinkrmalik/vocalinux at 63/100 with 188 stars and 593 monthly downloads. 2 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	jatinkrmalik/vocalinux Free, open-source, 100% offline voice dictation for Linux. Speak and type...	63	Established	188	Python
2	peteonrails/voxtype Voice-to-text with push-to-talk for Wayland compositors	54	Established	510	Rust
3	mkiol/dsnote Speech Note Linux app. Note taking, reading and translating with offline...	53	Established	1,395	C++
4	OlivierMary/MySuperWhisper A global voice dictation tool for Linux using local OpenAI Whisper. Fast,...	39	Emerging	7	Python
5	themanyone/voice_typing State-of-the-art offline (or networked) voice typing everywhere + text...	39	Emerging	154	Shell
6	oddlama/whisper-overlay A wayland overlay providing speech-to-text functionality for any application...	37	Emerging	79	Rust
7	gurjar1/OmniDictate Free, open-source, real-time dictation for Windows. Runs locally (no...	37	Emerging	111	Python
8	rcspam/dictee Push-to-talk voice dictation for Linux — 100% local, multilingual (25+...	37	Emerging	3	Python
9	jorge-menjivar/super-stt Super STT enables effortless voice-to-text in any application, using the...	33	Emerging	44	Rust
10	zugaldia/speedofsound Voice typing for the Linux desktop.	25	Experimental	3	Kotlin
11	franchesoni/s2t :speaking_head: :keyboard: Speech-to-text on key for Linux	24	Experimental	27	Shell
12	mkiol/papago Papago repeats what you say but in different language	23	Experimental	2	QML
13	Aalwattar/ParrotInk Professional-grade, real-time voice-to-text for Windows. Stream your voice...	23	Experimental	1	Python
14	dictto-app/dictto Voice-to-text for Windows — hold a hotkey, speak, release. Clean text...	23	Experimental	1	Rust
15	marvitek0/Talk-to-Typer Experience voice typing with Talk-to-Typer, a kid-friendly app that helps...	22	Experimental	—	HTML
16	rcspam/animation-speech Configurable transparent speech animation overlay for Wayland (KDE Plasma,...	22	Experimental	—	Python
17	grantCelley/Shout-Scribe A completely free and open source dictation program	22	Experimental	1	Java
18	ronb1964/TalkType Privacy-first voice dictation for Linux Wayland — press a key to talk,...	22	Experimental	4	Python
19	Dolcruz/Speech-to-text-desktop Desktop speech-to-text app with 3D particle visualization, grammar...	22	Experimental	—	Python
20	bitgineer/Speakeasy Privacy-first local voice-to-text using Whisper AI. Cross-platform desktop...	21	Experimental	2	Python
21	QuantiusBenignus/Spoken Joplin text notes and to-dos via OFFLINE speech recognition. To-do reminders...	21	Experimental	11	Shell
22	sanastasiou/dictation-service GPU-accelerated speech-to-text service that types what you say, powered by...	18	Experimental	3	Python
23	lliWcWill/maVoice-Linux 🎙️ Lightning-fast voice dictation Desktop Web App powered by Groq's Whisper...	17	Experimental	3	Rust
24	mbailey/push2type Turn CAPSLOCK key into Dictation Key	17	Experimental	19	Shell
25	stillcuriouscat/votype Global voice typing for Linux — offline ASR, hotkey-triggered, works in any app	15	Experimental	1	Python
26	jbroll/talkie Real-time speech-to-text transcription with keyboard simulation for Linux.	15	Experimental	1	Perl
27	N1kOk/WhispeRu Голос — в текст. Приватно. Локально. Моментально.	14	Experimental	—	—
28	fclaeys/nix-nerd-dictation 🎤 Nix flake for offline French speech-to-text with nerd-dictation....	13	Experimental	—	Nix
29	dudarev/speechdown CLI tool to transcribe your spoken audio notes into timestamped,...	12	Experimental	1	Python
30	QuantiusBenignus/speedo Speak right into your todo.txt with speedo. Set tags, priority, due dates...	10	Experimental	1	Shell

Comparisons in this category

vocalinux and voxtype (63 vs 54) voxtype and whisper-overlay (54 vs 37) voxtype and TalkType (54 vs 22) vocalinux and MySuperWhisper (63 vs 39) vocalinux and TalkType (63 vs 22) vocalinux and speedofsound (63 vs 25) MySuperWhisper and TalkType (39 vs 22)