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speech and text conversion software

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

media · 51 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Speech and text conversion software provides tools, APIs, and desktop applications that transcribe spoken audio into written text or synthesize text into natural voice. These solutions are adopted by software developers, content creators, and accessibility teams seeking reliable dictation, automated transcription, or custom voiceovers. Unlike broader conversational AI or general audio editing suites, this niche focuses directly on the core bidirectional translation between raw speech audio and textual data.

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Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
Parrot Speech-to-text API PH 194 2026-05-26
yovoice GITHUB 66 2026-09-15
Robot Voice Bridge PH 65 2026-09-22
Dictation API by AssemblyAI PH 64 2026-09-18
cit-voice-studio GITHUB 52 2026-09-23
irodori-tts-coreml GITHUB 37 2026-10-04
wavrail GITHUB 31 2026-09-26
A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion HN 25 2026-02-12
gps GITHUB 20 2026-09-20
Text-to-Yukkuri-Voice-Windows-QQ-and-WeChat-only- GITHUB 19 2026-09-13
Orate HN 17 2026-07-21
qwen-audio-studio GITHUB 13 2026-09-23
Local-AI-Voice-Studio GITHUB 13 2026-09-13
BaiYunGe GITHUB 12 2026-09-14
HearMe GITHUB 9 2026-09-14
openbst GITHUB 7 2026-09-16
Docker-whisper: Self-hosted Whisper speech-to-text server (OpenAI API) HN 6 2026-04-11
Eloqium-TTS GITHUB 6 2026-09-11
TTSLab HN 5 2026-02-23
TrueScribe HN 5 2026-10-01
Speechable HN 5 2026-01-03
Talkform.org, Turn voice inputs into structured data using front end AI HN 5 2026-08-12
Golang Client Library for Gradium.ai TTS/STT API HN 5 2025-12-02
Free Text-to-Speech Tool HN 5 2026-01-31
NarrateNow HN 5 2026-02-18
NotchLive PH 4 2026-09-19
Speaktor — AI Voice Generator PH 3 2026-09-17
txt2mp3 PH 3 2026-09-20
Free Text to Speech Online PH 2 2026-09-06
TTSForge PH 2 2026-09-29
CueCardConverter PH 1 2026-10-13
Sovereign Voice PH 1 2026-09-22
BuliAI PH 1 2026-09-14
Fish Audio PH 1 2026-09-15
Lark Text to speech PH 1 2026-09-22
「自听」MyListen PH 1 2026-09-21
VoiceFlow AI PH 1 2026-09-24
Swara Vocal PH 1 2026-09-25
TransVoice Speech API PH 1 2026-09-16
Morph AI PH 1 2026-10-03
Voizum PH 1 2026-10-07
TranscriptG PH 1 2026-09-07
Aar318's Live Chat TTS PH 1 2026-09-10
Maître Luc Wêtê Agbonon PH 1 2026-09-11
VoiceBoo PH 1 2026-09-17
Sahi Awaaz PH 1 2026-09-17
Ai Text To Speech PH 1 2026-09-19
TTSMint PH 1 2026-10-12
LittleTTS PH 1 2026-09-24
VozSay PH 1 2026-10-06