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Notch Radio vs Speakmac

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Notch Radio compared with Speakmac
DetailNotch Radio logo Notch RadioSpeakmac logo Speakmac
What it doesInternet radio player for macOS that lives in your Mac's notch Private dictation and meeting transcripts for Mac, no subscription required
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Pricing modelFreemium Paid
PricingFree: $0, forever, with notch player, media keys, directory browse, and 5 saved stations. Unlock: $19.99 one-time payment for unlimited stations, URL import, live track titles, album art, notch or menu bar, and country filtering. Personal plan: $29 one-time for 1 Mac. Pro plan: $39 one-time for 2 Macs. Both include lifetime license and 12 months of updates. Enterprise plans available by contacting [email protected]
Key features
  • Lives in your Mac's notch with hover preview
  • Per-song album art fetched to match
  • Search thousands of Radio Browser community stations by name or genre
  • Save favorite stations with green checkmark while browsing
  • Media keys integration with Now Playing
  • Move player to menu bar instead of notch
  • Works on Macs without a notch with drawn notch or menu bar
  • Add any stream URL manually
  • Filter stations by country
  • Pin player to any display in multi-display setup
  • Dictation in any Mac application with customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Meeting recording without adding a bot to the call
  • Custom vocabulary and name recognition training
  • Transcript search and replay functionality
  • Drag and drop audio file transcription
  • Support for 25 languages
  • Low memory usage compatible with other open applications
  • Automatic cleanup of rough speech into readable text
  • Local processing with no account or API key required
What makes it different
  • Free forever with no account or lock-in required
  • No tracking, analytics or personal data collection
  • Native macOS app with media key support
  • All audio processing happens locally on your Mac with no data sent to external servers
  • One-time purchase with no monthly subscriptions or usage limits
  • Meeting recording without adding a bot participant to calls
  • Fast accurate transcription faster than typing by hand
  • Works in any Mac application with a text cursor
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check25 +2 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)012
Citation Flow (Majestic)1531
Referring domains (Majestic)786

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