Audio and podcasting
Speechify alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
advplyr/audiobookshelf★13,886 GitHub starsGPL-3.0 licenceSelf-hosted audiobook and podcast server with web UI, playback, uploads, and reading-position tracking.Open on GitHub ↗cjpais/Handy★28,924 GitHub starsMIT licenceFree open-source offline speech-to-text desktop application for local voice typing and transcription.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Large catalog of 1000+ proprietary/celebrity voices and custom studio voices
- Cross-platform native apps (iOS, Android, macOS, Windows) and browser extensions
- Advanced voice-cloning, dubbing, studio captions, and enterprise features
- AI assistant conversational QA across user documents and advanced meeting agents
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Speechify, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.