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A9 Voice vs ChatOSS

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A9 Voice compared with ChatOSS
DetailA9 Voice logo A9 VoiceChatOSS logo ChatOSS
What it doesDictation and meeting notes for Windows with no bot in your meeting Desktop app for AI agents working with open source and cloud models
StageNot given Startup
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingTranscribe is free forever. Notes is $49 once with a 30-day free trial. No subscription. Models running on your PC cost nothing per use. Using cloud providers, you pay them directly at their list prices; in tests a 27-minute meeting cost about 24 cents and an hour of dictation about 4 cents. Free: Local Ollama models with unlimited usage, no account required. Cloud Plus: $20/month including $20/m of usage credits (10% ChatOSS fee), web search, and BYOK unlock. Cloud Max: $100/month including $100/m of usage credits. BYOK Yearly: $39/year to use your own API keys from Ollama Cloud, OpenR
Key features
  • Hold Ctrl+Space to dictate in any app with a text box
  • Auto-start recording when Teams, Zoom or other meeting apps open the mic
  • Speaker identification by voice tagging or voice recognition
  • Search and Ask across every note with Ctrl+K
  • Dictionary for custom spelling of names and jargon
  • Works offline with speech models downloaded on your PC
  • Supports over 60 languages depending on speech engine
  • Webhooks to send finished notes to n8n, Zapier, Slack, Discord or Telegram
  • Agents work directly inside repositories and write code
  • Extensible suite of apps you can build
  • Switch between local Ollama and cloud models mid-conversation
  • Support for multiple open source models including Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM, Minimax, Gemma, Nemotron
  • Run many agents in parallel on models of your choice
  • Web search capability on cloud plans
  • Built-in apps including PR Reviewer and Migration Bot
  • BYOK support for Ollama Cloud, OpenRouter.ai, Anthropic, and OpenAI-compatible providers
  • No data retention for local or cloud conversations
What makes it different
  • No bot joins your call; records only your PC's audio locally
  • Notes saved as plain Markdown files you own and can read with any tool
  • Free forever with local Ollama models, no account or credit card required
  • Run AI agents directly in your code repositories for real work
  • Switch between open source and cloud models without restarting
  • Flat 10% fee on cloud plans with all usage going to model providers
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)7 +7 (up) since last check3 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)23
Citation Flow (Majestic)1227
Referring domains (Majestic)368

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