Application Updated 2026-04

Speech-to-Text

Definition

Speech-to-Text converts spoken words into written text, enabling automatic transcription of meetings, podcasts and calls.

See also in the glossary

N
NLP (Natural Language Processing)
NLP is the field of AI that enables machines to understand, interpret and generate human language.
T
Text-to-Speech
Text-to-Speech converts written text into spoken voice using AI, with increasingly realistic results.
M
Multimodal
A multimodal model processes and generates multiple data types: text, images, audio and video.
G
Generative AI
Generative AI refers to artificial intelligence systems capable of creating original content: text, images, video, audio, code.

Tools that use speech-to-text

O
Otter.ai
The leading AI transcription and note-taking for meetings
4.4/5
F
Fathom
The free, privacy-first AI meeting assistant
5/5
F
Fireflies.ai
AI assistant that transcribes, summarizes and analyzes meetings
4.8/5
W
Wispr Flow
Dictate 3x faster than you type, anywhere on your Mac
4.7/5

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the best transcription tool?
Fathom for unlimited free, Otter.ai for maturity (25M+ users), Noota for French transcription.
Is AI transcription accurate?
In English, top tools reach 95-98% accuracy. In French, 90-95%. Background noise and accents reduce accuracy.