Every list answers its question with a product, says what it was scored on, and dates every fact about the alternatives. Where a rival is the right pick for someone, the list says so.
Eleven speech to text apps ranked on where your audio goes, what happens to your words, limits, platforms and price — Lven Instant, Wispr Flow, Typeless, Superwhisper, Dragon, OpenWhispr and more. Every fact dated.
Voice to text apps ranked on where your voice is processed and what happens to your words: Lven Instant (on the device, offline, no word cap, never rewrites), Lven Cloud, Wispr Flow, Typeless, Superwhisper, Dragon and built-in voice typing.
Transcriber covers three jobs: captioning what others say, turning recordings into text, and typing your own speech into any app. The best app for each job, with where the audio goes, what works offline and what it costs.
Five ways to dictate on Windows without sending your voice anywhere, ranked against Windows voice typing: Lven Instant, Whisperstream, SuperDictate, OpenWhispr and Dragon. Where each transcribes, what it costs, and the one with a published speed number.
Speech to text for Linux, ranked: Lven Instant (on-device), Lven Cloud (server-side) and OpenWhispr (free, Whisper) — and the list of dictation apps that do not ship for Linux at all: Wispr Flow, Typeless, Superwhisper, SuperDictate, Whisperstream, Dragon.
Voice to text apps for Android ranked on where your audio goes: Lven Instant (on the phone, offline, unlimited), Lven Cloud, Typeless and your keyboard's microphone. Which ones upload your voice, which cap your words, and what each costs.
Eight alternatives to Wispr Flow, ranked: Lven Instant (on-device, never rewrites, Linux), Lven Cloud (a third of the price), Typeless, Superwhisper, SuperDictate, Whisperstream, OpenWhispr and Dragon. What each does to your words, where it runs, and what it costs.
Six Android PDF readers checked on the Play Store: which show ads, which sell purchases, which need an account, and the one that cannot reach the internet. Folio PDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Xodo, WPS Office, Foxit and Google Drive.
Live speech translation on Android, ranked: earslate (free, plays the translation into your earbuds while the other person keeps talking, on your own Google Gemini key), Google Translate conversation mode, and Apple Live Translation for comparison.