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The self-hosted Simon Says alternative

Cloud service that provides AI transcription, translation and text‑based editing for audio and video. Converts speech to text, enables editing media by editing the transcript, generates subtitles, and exports edits/metadata to NLEs and common formats.

Alternatives to Simon Says

Open-source PWA that generates live captions and transcripts in the browser; supports broadcasts, OBS/vMix integration, and optional Azure AI captions.

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What replacing Simon Says actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 1 of 1 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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