Univocal vs Transcribe.so

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Univocal compared with Transcribe.so
Detail	Univocal	Transcribe.so
What it does	Text-to-speech and speech-to-text for Mac, entirely on-device with no subscription	Find who said what and when with your AI agent
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2025
Based in	Not given	SG
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Pricing	One-time purchase: $39 (launch offer $19 with code UVLAUNCH until November 30, Black Friday $15 with code BF2026 until November 30). Free 14-day trial, no card or account required.	Free: $3 credit included with new accounts; Pay-as-you-go: $1/hour; Starter: $9/mo (unlimited, up to 2 hours per file); Pro: $19/mo (unlimited, up to 5 hours per file); Business: $49/mo (unlimited, up to 10 hours per file). Annual plans include 3 months free.
Key features	Speech-to-text with automatic punctuation and paragraph breaks Bilingual support with mid-sentence language switching Entirely on-device processing No cloud or account required Read from clipboard or selection One-time purchase with unlimited use	Speaker labels and word-level timestamps 52 languages and dialects Chapters with timestamps Search and Q&A with citations Subtitle generation in multiple formats Integration with ChatGPT, Claude, and AI agents API and MCP server access Encrypted storage and privacy controls Library search across multiple recordings File upload for meetings, lectures, podcasts and voice notes
What makes it different	No subscription - one-time purchase with unlimited use Complete privacy with on-device processing only	Word-level timestamps that enable precise subtitle generation for any platform Ask questions across multiple recordings with citations back to the original moment Supports use directly within ChatGPT and Claude without leaving your agent Benchmarked accuracy with 1.5x to 2.3x fewer errors than Whisper large-v3 Permanently searchable library that organizes all transcripts in one place
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	34 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	3	3
Citation Flow (Majestic)	19	26
Referring domains (Majestic)	4	46

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