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.
Nine 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.
Five ways to dictate on Windows without sending your voice anywhere, ranked: Lven Instant, Whisperstream, SuperDictate, OpenWhispr and Dragon, against Windows voice typing. 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 at all. Folio PDF, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Xodo, WPS Office, Foxit and Google Drive.
Live speech translation on Android, ranked: earslate (free, open source, plays the translation into your earbuds while the other person keeps talking, on your own Gemini or OpenAI key), Google Translate conversation mode, and Apple Live Translation for comparison.