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Typeless vs SpeechBee
Both turn your voice into text in any app. Typeless sends it to the cloud and has AI rewrite it into polished writing. SpeechBee keeps it on your device, cleans it up, and can read text back to you. Which one fits depends on whether you want your words improved or kept.
By the SpeechBee team, who make SpeechBee. Prices checked on 12 October 2026
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| Typeless | SpeechBee | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $30/mo, or $12/mo billed yearly ($144) | $9/mo, $79/yr, or $99 once |
| Free option | Free plan with a weekly word limit | 7 days free with every feature |
| Where speech is processed | Typeless's cloud servers | On your device |
| Works offline | No | Yes, after a one-time model download |
| Platforms | Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android | Mac, iPhone, iPad |
| What happens to your words | AI rewrites them, removes repetition, applies a tone per app | Filler words removed, formatting commands applied, your wording kept |
| Translation | Translates as you speak | No |
| Edit selected text by voice | Yes, "Ask anything" | No |
| Read text aloud | No | Yes, with natural local voices |
| Personal dictionary | Yes | Yes, plus snippets |
| Languages | 100+, auto-detected and mixable | 25 by default, up to 99 on Mac with Whisper |
| Teams | Pro adds team management, Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM and HIPAA | No team plan |
The real difference: rewriting versus transcribing
Typeless is built to make you sound better than you spoke. It drops the "um"s, notices when you change your mind halfway through a sentence and keeps only the final version, turns spoken lists into formatted ones, and learns your writing style. You can give each app its own tone, so Slack gets casual and email gets formal. Say "make this shorter" with text selected and it rewrites it.
SpeechBee writes what you said. It removes filler words before the text lands, and "new paragraph" or "period" format as you go, but the sentence is yours. For a lot of writing that is what you want, such as notes, messages to people who know your voice, code comments, or anything where an AI paraphrase would be wrong.
Neither approach is better in general. If you mostly dictate first drafts and want them tidied, Typeless saves you an editing pass. If you dictate things that have to say exactly what you meant, rewriting is a risk you then have to read for.
Privacy
Typeless processes your audio, along with some context such as which app you are in and relevant text on screen, on its cloud servers. Its privacy policy says that data is processed in real time and discarded once the result comes back, with nothing stored unless you turn on history cloud sync. The policy also says it may share data with third-party AI providers to deliver certain features. Your dictation history is stored on your device.
SpeechBee processes your voice on your Mac, iPhone or iPad. Audio stays in memory, is never uploaded, and is never recorded. Text you select for Read Aloud never leaves the device either. That holds whether you are online or not.
Price
Typeless Pro is $144 a year on annual billing or $360 a year if you pay monthly. The free plan has a weekly word limit and standard accuracy. SpeechBee is $79 a year, $9 a month, or $99 once for lifetime access, and every plan covers your Mac, iPhone and iPad with every feature. Over three years, Typeless Pro on annual billing costs $432. SpeechBee Lifetime costs $99.
What SpeechBee does that Typeless does not
Hi Maya, I'll send the revised proposal tomorrow morning.
Most people read faster than they speak. SpeechBee reads the sentence you selected out loud, while you keep working.
Read Aloud is the big one. Select text in any Mac app and press your reading key, and a natural voice reads it to you. It is a quick way to proofread what you just dictated. On iPhone and iPad you paste text into the Read tab.
SpeechBee also has snippets, so saying "my address" or "booking link" types the full text, and it works on a plane.
What Typeless does that SpeechBee does not
Translation as you speak, voice editing of selected text, answers about text you highlight, per-app tones, Linux, Windows and Android apps, and team billing with enterprise controls. If any of those is the reason you dictate, Typeless is the better app for you.
Try SpeechBee free for 7 days.
Voice to text and Read Aloud on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. After the week, $9 a month, $79 a year, or $99 once. Every plan has every feature.
Questions
Is Typeless free?
Typeless has a free plan with a limited number of words each week and standard accuracy. Pro, with unlimited words and enhanced accuracy, is $12 a month billed yearly or $30 a month billed monthly.
Does Typeless work offline?
No. Typeless processes audio on its cloud servers, so it needs an internet connection. SpeechBee transcribes on your device and works offline once its speech model has downloaded.
Does Typeless store my voice recordings?
Typeless's privacy policy says audio and on-screen context are processed in real time and discarded once the transcription is returned, and that no voice recordings are stored on its servers. History stays on your device unless you turn on history cloud sync.
Is SpeechBee cheaper than Typeless?
Yes. SpeechBee is $79 a year or $99 once. Typeless Pro is $144 a year on annual billing or $30 a month on monthly billing.
Can I use Typeless or SpeechBee on Windows?
Typeless has Windows, Linux and Android apps. SpeechBee is for Mac, iPhone and iPad only.
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Sources
All checked on 12 October 2026.
- Typeless pricing and plan comparison
- Typeless homepage, features and platforms
- Typeless privacy policy
- SpeechBee facts from our homepage and privacy policy