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Best speech to text tools

Turn your voice into written text. Facts come from each tool's own pages, and every score says where it comes from. How we rank

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Only listed
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Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.

Ranked by signals we can measure or quote: website health, the facts each tool's own pages state, and community discussion. Nothing here has been hands-on tested yet, so this is not a quality test. How the signals rank works

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  • 1

    Descript

    Free optionSignup unclearFiles uploadedHealth 4.8
    Open Descript
    Details and sources
    Free tier
    Free plan, $0, no credit card. 1 media hour per month, 100 one-time AI credits, transcription in 25 languages with speaker detection, unlimited projects, 5 GB cloud storage, 1 GB upload limit. Local video export up to 720p with a watermark.
    Paid plan
    Per person per month, in US dollars. Hobbyist $16 or $24, Creator $24 or $35, Business $50 or $65. The lower price appears to be yearly billing and the higher monthly. Hobbyist gives 10 media hours a month, Creator 30, Business 40. Enterprise needs contact with sales. No country-specific pricing is stated.
    Signup
    Not stated.
    Watermark
    Yes. Free exports carry a watermark. Paid plans export without one.
    Where files go
    The privacy policy says Descript processes and stores information in the U.S. and that projects are processed automatically. Human access to projects happens only with consent or where required by law. Data is kept as long as necessary, with no fixed period for projects. It may be used to train AI models unless you turn off the Share Data with Descript setting.

    From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

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  • 2

    Rev

    Free optionSignup unclearFile handling unclearHealth 4.3
    Open Rev
    Details and sources
    Free tier
    Free plan with limited access: English-only transcription, up to 5 files at a time, 45 AI transcription and caption minutes per month, 1 user.
    Paid plan
    Essentials $25.49 per seat/month billed annually ($305.90/year) or $29.99 per seat billed monthly. Pro $47.99 per seat/month billed annually ($575.88/year) or $59.99 monthly. Unlimited is custom priced via sales.
    Signup
    Not stated. The free plan button links to a signup page.
    Watermark
    Not stated.
    Where files go
    Not stated for uploaded files. The privacy policy says personal data may be stored in or accessed from multiple countries including the United States, and that it does not cover data Rev processes on behalf of customers. Call recordings and transcripts are kept 12 months unless needed longer.

    From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Rev pricing, Rev privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

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  • 3

    Dictation.io

    UnclearSignup unclearFile handling unclearHealth 3.4
    Open Dictation.io
    Details and sources
    Free tier
    Not stated.
    Paid plan
    Not stated.
    Signup
    Not stated.
    Watermark
    Not stated.
    Where files go
    The converted text is stored locally in the user's browser and no data is uploaded anywhere. The page says: “It stores the converted text in your browser locally and no data is uploaded anywhere.”

    From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

    Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”

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    Happy Scribe

    Free optionSignup unclearFile handling unclear—
    Open Happy Scribe
    Details and sources
    Free tier
    Happy Scribe is free to try. The page says: “Free to try, no credit card.”
    Paid plan
    Not stated.
    Signup
    An account is required to use Happy Scribe. The page says: “The Notetaker integration is the biggest driver — most new accounts come in through it.”
    Watermark
    Not stated.
    Where files go
    Happy Scribe offers EU data residency. The page says: “SOC 2 Type II GDPR compliant EU data residency.”

    From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

    Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”

    Full page for Happy Scribe

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Each of these answered when we visited its site. We have not tested them or recorded facts, so they are in alphabetical order, not ranked.

  • Speechnotes

    Speechnotes converts speech to text online. Dictate your notes in real time, or upload recordings and get them transcribed automatically in no time.

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