LilySpeech lets Windows users dictate emails and documents with speech-to-text voice recognition.
Whisper
vsDictation
Whisper vs Dictation
How do Whisper and Dictation compare? Here are the facts side by side: pricing, platforms, open-source status and what each one is for.
| Directory detail | Whisper | Dictation |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | OpenAI Whisper is a general-purpose speech-recognition model trained with large-scale weak supervision. | Voice Notepad converts speech to text in a browser and lets users copy, save, publish, or email dictated content. |
| Website | ||
| Type | Open-source project | Website |
| Topic | ||
| Pricing | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Platforms | Not recorded | Web |
| Open source | Yes | Not stated |
| Language | English | — |
| Alternatives |
Other options to consider
Sites similar to both Whisper and Dictation.
TalkTyper provides browser-based speech-to-text dictation, with language options including English, French, German, and Spanish.
WhisperX provides speech recognition with word-level timestamps and speaker diarization, according to its project description.
Open source
24 alternativesVoiceToText transcribes speech online for writing emails and documents, according to its page.
The Whisper Large V3 demo converts uploaded or recorded speech into text through a Hugging Face Space.





