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A9 Voice vs Startpacks

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A9 Voice compared with Startpacks
DetailA9 Voice logo A9 VoiceStartpacks logo Startpacks
What it doesDictation and meeting notes for Windows with no bot in your meeting Copy-paste Cursor rules, Claude Code skills and AGENTS.md files for AI agents in your stack
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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 packs available; paid packs use one-time Stripe Checkout payment (no subscription)
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
  • Cursor rules for different stacks and project types
  • Claude Code skills for engines and tools
  • AGENTS.md cross-platform rules
  • Ready-made subagent roles
  • Single prompts for specific jobs
  • Bundled collections at discounts
  • Packs for website types like SaaS, blogs and shops
  • Game engine packs for Unreal, Unity, Godot
  • App type packs for iOS, Android, Flutter
  • Developer type packs for TDD and security review
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
  • Test-first methodology integrated into agent configurations
  • Ready-to-use, downloadable files that drop directly into repositories
  • Cross-platform compatibility for Cursor, Claude Code and Codex
  • Covers diverse stacks, genres and roles for different needs
  • One-time payment model with no subscriptions
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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 check4 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)20
Citation Flow (Majestic)120
Referring domains (Majestic)30

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