SpeakoFlow is the right pick if you want a zero-cost, fully open-source dictation and AI assistant on Windows, macOS, or Linux, or if you want natural screen-aware AI that answers questions about what you are looking at. Typilot is the better fit if you need AI autocomplete across every app, meeting transcription with automatic speaker labels, 27 structured AI commands that trigger specific actions from the keyboard, a commercial support channel, or a lifetime licence. Both keep audio on the device at every tier and work fully offline.
Yes - both are local-first tools that work on Windows, macOS, and Linux and keep audio on the device. Typilot adds 27 structured inline AI commands, AI autocomplete ghost text via a local Ollama model, and meeting transcription with on-device speaker diarization. SpeakoFlow is MIT open source, permanently free, and includes a "Hey Flow" screen-aware AI assistant that reads your display context, built-in speech-to-English translation, and automatic filler-word removal - features not in Typilot's command layer.
By default, no. SpeakoFlow transcribes speech on-device using whisper.cpp with Whisper or NVIDIA Parakeet models, and the AI assistant runs on a built-in llama.cpp engine unless you configure a cloud API endpoint by choice. Audio never leaves your machine just to become text. Typilot is also fully local at every tier, using a local Whisper model for transcription and a local Ollama model for AI commands and autocomplete.
Typilot. It captures microphone and system audio simultaneously, transcribes on-device with a local Whisper model, and applies on-device speaker diarization to label each voice automatically, learning speaker identities over time. After the meeting you can chat with the transcript by voice or keyboard. SpeakoFlow is a dictation and AI assistant tool with no dedicated meeting mode, no dual-channel capture, and no speaker labelling.
No. SpeakoFlow is MIT open source and permanently free - no account, no credit card, no word cap, and no trial expiry. You download and run it. Typilot offers a 3-day full-feature trial, then requires a paid plan: $7.99/month or $199 as a one-time lifetime purchase.