Roundhand vs Kekoso

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Roundhand compared with Kekoso
Detail	Roundhand	Kekoso
What it does	Private dictation app for Mac with on-device voice to text	Voice to text on your Mac: dictate into any app, transcribe audio and video, record calls, and run a local transcription server for AI agents.
Stage	Not given	Not given
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Based in	IN	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Free plan: dictation with offline cleanup and meeting recording at no cost. Pro plan: $5.00 per month with managed cloud cleanup allowance. Power plan: $3.00 per month with cloud cleanup using your own API key. Yearly billing available at 15% discount.	$29 once, not per month. No subscription, no recurring billing.
Key features	On-device speech recognition with offline support Automatic text cleanup removing filler words and fixing punctuation App-aware formatting that adapts to the context where text is inserted Speaker identification and labeling in meeting transcripts Meeting summaries and action item extraction with cloud cleanup Customizable dictation key binding Optional cloud cleanup for improved text quality Works in chat, email, documents, browsers, code editors and terminals	On-device dictation into any macOS application Transcription of audio and video files with timestamps YouTube link transcription Call recording with speaker separation Local MCP server for AI agents Custom vocabulary and terminology correction Five speech recognition models Support for up to 99 languages Dictation with translation through OpenRouter Export transcripts as TXT, SRT or VTT
What makes it different	Audio is never uploaded; all speech recognition happens on your Mac Formats text to match the app you are using with context-aware adaptation Records and transcribes meetings with automatic speaker identification Completely free dictation plan with no time or word limits	All processing runs locally on your Mac with no cloud uploads or server dependencies One-time $29 purchase with no subscriptions or recurring fees Warm model with no cold start delay for instant recognition Custom vocabulary applies across all features and languages
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	17 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	10	27
Referring domains (Majestic)	59	83

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