Best alternatives to Speech to Text (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Speech to Text, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Speech to Text alternatives, compared
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Text to Speech for Google Chrome™
Want to listen to text being read out to you?
≈70K users2.9★ from 321 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago6 permissions- About 35× more users than Speech to Text
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 0)
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Speech to text
Helps to convert speech into text
≈2K users3.3★ from 10 ratingsUpdated 21 months agoNo special permissions- A similar number of users to Speech to Text
- Updated more recently
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Speechnotes Speech to Text
Type with your voice (speech to text) on ANY page across the web, with a click running the most accurate speech recognition tech.
≈20K users3.4★ from 79 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- About 10× more users than Speech to Text
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Speech To Text Engine
For your browser, there's an easy-to-use speech synthesis and analysis program!
≈3K users4.5★ from 19 ratings2 permissions- About 1.5× more users than Speech to Text
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Text to Speak
Selected Text will be spoken
≈8K users5.0★ from 2 ratings2 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Speech to Text
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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TTSReader | Text to Speech In Page Reader
TTSReader Text To Speech Chrome Extension - Listen to Web Pages with AI Voices
≈70K users3.7★ from 197 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago6 permissions- About 35× more users than Speech to Text
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 0)
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T-Pro Speech Direct
Speech Direct browser client
≈3K usersNot rated yetUpdated 2 months ago2 permissions- About 1.5× more users than Speech to Text
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Spokenly: Speech to Text, Voice to Text & AI Dictation
Voice typing in Gmail, ChatGPT and any website: press a shortcut, speak, and words appear at the cursor. AI modes polish your text.
≈4K users4.4★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 11 days ago7 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Speech to Text
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 0)
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Downloader for Microsoft™ Text-to-Speech
Download Microsoft Text-to-Speech website demo app synthesized speech with 1 click.
≈10K users3.6★ from 41 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Speech to Text
- Rated 0.7 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Speech Direct
Speech Direct browser client
≈3K usersNot rated yetUpdated 12 months ago3 permissions- About 1.5× more users than Speech to Text
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
Speech to Text alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Speech to Text?
By users, the most popular alternative is Text to Speech for Google Chrome™ with ≈70K users and a 2.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Text to Speech for Google Chrome™.
Which Speech to Text alternative has the best rating?
TTSReader | Text to Speech In Page Reader has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 3.7 out of 5 from 197 ratings.
How many alternatives to Speech to Text are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Speech to Text on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.