Whisper alternatives
Whisper: OpenAI's open speech recognition, transcribes and translates nearly any language. If it isn't quite right, here are 14 other AI voice and audio tools from Radar, in Radar's order.
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ElevenLabsLifelike voices, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents.Free plan - 2
KokoroA tiny open text-to-speech model that sounds natural and runs right in the browser.Open source - 3
Wispr FlowDictation that works in any app and tidies up what you said as you speak.Free plan - 4
Adobe PodcastMakes a laptop-mic recording sound like it was made in a studio.Free plan - 5
HumeExpressive voices that understand and answer with emotion.Free plan - 6
CartesiaUltra-fast voice generation for real-time voice agents.Free plan - 7
KrispRemoves background noise and echo from calls, and takes the meeting notes.Free plan - 8
MurfStudio-quality voice-overs from text, with many voices and languages.Free plan - 9
WellSaidNatural AI voices for training, ads and product narration.Paid - 10
SpeechifyReads documents, PDFs and web pages aloud in natural voices.Free plan - 11NaturalReaderText-to-speech for reading anything aloud, in the browser or an app.Free plan
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Resemble AIVoice cloning and speech generation, with deepfake detection built in.Paid - 13
VoicemodA real-time voice changer for games, streams and calls.Free plan - 14
DeepgramFast speech-to-text and voice APIs for developers.Free plan
Free to start: ElevenLabs, Kokoro, Wispr Flow.