Conversational and Voice

Compare the 73 tools in Conversational and Voice — independently verified, re-verified on a rolling schedule, graded on capability, pricing and compliance.

What is in Conversational and Voice

HokAI tracks 73 active tools in Conversational and Voice. 58 of them (79%) publish a free tier you can test before paying. The audience most often named across these listings is developers, followed by product managers.

Conversational and Voice — Tools

  • Abridge — Enterprise ambient AI clinical scribe used at 300+ health systems. Converts doctor visits to Epic EHR notes in real time, saving 70+ hours/month per clinician.
  • Arena (formerly LMArena) — Free site that puts your prompt to two unnamed AI models and asks you to vote; the votes build public leaderboards. Formerly LMArena.
  • Ask Julie — HIPAA-compliant AI chatbot for women's health and emergency contraception questions, powered by Ema's platform trained on 10M+ health conversations.
  • AssemblyAI — The best way to build Voice AI apps with production-ready speech recognition and understanding models
  • Bolna AI — Voice AI agent platform for Indian-language phone calls, with a no-code studio, REST API, bulk campaigns and an MIT-licensed core on GitHub.
  • CLOVA X — CLOVA X is Naver's free Korean AI chatbot built on the 82B-parameter HyperCLOVA X model, scoring 84.14 on the HAE-RAE Bench versus 68.2 for rival LLMs.
  • Caddy — Personal AI assistant you text on iMessage or RCS. It sends a morning brief, drafts replies and books errands after you approve. Public beta, pricing unlisted.
  • Cartesia — Real-time voice AI for developers: Sonic text-to-speech in dozens of languages, Ink speech-to-text and phone voice agents, with a free plan to test it.
  • Certus AI — Voice AI phone agent for restaurants that takes orders and bookings 24/7 and sends them to the POS. A Y Combinator startup.
  • Character.ai — AI Chat, Reimagined: Your Words, Your World.
  • ChatGPT — ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI assistant, with 1.2 billion weekly users by OpenAI's count, the GPT-6 model family and plans that run from a free tier to a premium Pro tier.
  • Contextli — Privacy-first AI speech-to-text that transforms voice into context-aware formatted text across Gmail, Slack, Notion, and 40+ apps. 100 free credits/month, lifetime license available.
  • Conveo — AI-led qualitative research platform whose AI moderator interviews and analyzes users on video, built on a $5.3M Y Combinator-backed seed round.
  • DeepSeek — Advanced open-source and API-based large language models with cost-effective pricing and superior reasoning capabilities.
  • Deepgram — Real-time voice AI APIs for developers: speech-to-text under 300ms, TTS, and voice agents. Used by 200,000+ developers.
  • Doubao — ByteDance's Chinese-language AI assistant: chat, search, voice calls, Seedream images, Seedance video and a work mode that runs a PC.
  • Dream Interpreter AI — AI dream analysis by TENET INC. using Jungian and Freudian frameworks, 10,000 symbols, dream journal, and AI artwork. Free tier, paid from $4.99/mo.
  • ElevenLabs — The leading AI voice platform for text-to-speech, voice cloning, and conversational AI agents
  • Fish Audio — Voice cloning, text-to-speech and transcription in one account, with a free plan, a pay-as-you-go API and open S2 weights for research use.
  • FlowSpeak — AI English speaking coach with instant pronunciation and fluency feedback, structured lesson Pathways, and dedicated IELTS prep.
  • Forevermore — Forevermore records unlimited family voice stories, builds Essence, an AI memory companion, and adds Echo memorial voice messages.
  • Gemini — Google's multimodal AI assistant and model family, sold as a free app, tiered subscriptions and a pay-per-token API
  • Google AI Edge Eloquent — Free iOS dictation app from Google that cleans spoken audio into polished text on-device using Gemma models, no subscription as of July 2026.
  • Grok — Truth-seeking AI chatbot with real-time web and X integration powered by advanced reasoning.
  • Humata AI — Upload PDFs and documents, ask questions, get cited answers. Built for researchers and teams with lots of files.
  • Janitor AI — Build, share, and explore immersive AI characters
  • Kimi — Native multimodal AI assistant with Agent Swarm capabilities and 256K context window
  • Kinect — Kinect is an AI revenue platform for Shopify D2C brands: an AI sales rep, adaptive product pages, and agent-ready catalogs, live the same day. YC Spring 2026.
  • Krisp AI — Removes background noise from calls in real time, with optional meeting recording, transcription, and summaries.
  • KugelAudio — European TTS API with fast first-audio latency across dozens of languages, GDPR-compliant EU hosting with zero data retention, and a 78% human-preference win rate over ElevenLabs on German-language tests. Billed per minute, no card required to start.
  • Listen Labs — AI research platform with a 30M-person global panel that runs 300+ simultaneous AI-moderated customer interviews and delivers qualitative insights in under 24 hours.
  • Luzia — Free AI assistant inside WhatsApp and Telegram with 65M+ users in 40+ countries, offering chat, image generation and voice transcription, no app needed.
  • Marr Labs — Vox, Marr Labs' phone agent, answers calls in under 1 second and enforces TCPA and HIPAA compliance live for regulated industries.
  • Meta AI — Meta's free AI assistant, available inside Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.
  • Microsoft Copilot — Your everyday AI companion powered by GPT-5.6 (preferred model July 2026), GPT-4o, and GPT-5 for productivity, creativity, and intelligent assistance
  • Mistral AI — Mistral AI is a Paris-based AI lab building open-weight foundation models such as Mistral Large 4 and the Vibe assistant, with EU-hosted infrastructure.
  • Monica — All-in-one AI assistant browser extension and app that combines GPT, Claude, and Gemini in a sidebar for chat, writing, search, and summarization. Free tier available, with paid plans for heavier use.
  • Murf AI — Ultra-realistic AI Voice Generator with fastest text-to-speech API for voice agents and creators
  • Ninja AI — All-in-one AI agent platform giving access to 40+ models including GPT-4.1 and Claude Sonnet, with unlimited image generation and SuperNinja agentic mode; free tier included.
  • Overchat AI — Overchat AI consolidates ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and 10+ other AI models into one chat interface, used by 610,000 people monthly.
  • Panzoe — Canadian AI assistant app with one shared memory and a Daily Briefing, plus a free Explore tier capped at 5 AI actions for the whole account.
  • ParentMate — Evidence-based AI parenting guidance platform built with licensed child psychologists, offering personalized advice from toddler tantrums to teen conversations.
  • ParliAI — Multi-provider AI council that runs structured debates across Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI models to reach confident, auditable decisions.
  • Pi — A personal AI built for conversation rather than tasks: supportive, memory-enabled, and free.
  • Play.ht — [DISCONTINUED] Play.ht was an AI text-to-speech platform with 900+ voices in 142 languages. Meta acquired the company in 2025 and shut it down completely by year's end. See TechCrunch and Meta's official announcement for proof.
  • Plivo — AI voice agents layered on Plivo's own carrier-grade telephony, billed at $0.03 per agent minute plus metered telephony fees.
  • Podcas — AI podcast generator that turns any topic, article, or PDF into a finished episode in minutes with 1,000+ lifelike voices.
  • Poe — One subscription reaching 200+ models from every major lab plus community bots. Poe's plans have no names — they are sold by compute-point allowance, from $49.99/year for 10K points/day to $2,499.99/year for 8.25M points/month.
  • Qwen — Alibaba's AI assistant with 203M monthly active users, supporting 119+ languages, multimodal input, and models up to 1M token context windows.
  • Raycast — One hotkey for apps, files, clipboard history and multi-model AI on Mac, Windows and iPhone, from a London team founded in 2020.
  • Resemble AI — Generative voice AI and deepfake detection for enterprise trust
  • Retell AI — Retell AI builds and deploys realistic AI phone agents with 600ms latency, handling 50M+ monthly calls, and HIPAA/SOC 2 compliance. Rated 4.8/5 on G2 by 1,414 teams.
  • Rev AI — Speech-to-text API transcribing at $0.003/minute across 58+ languages, trained on 3M+ hours with optional human transcription at $1.99/minute for 99%+ accuracy.
  • Rootle — Voice AI platform automating sales, support, and recruitment calls in 20+ Indian languages, with first 100 calls free.
  • Scottie — AI newsletter concierge that reads all your subscriptions and delivers one personalized daily intelligence digest, cutting 90 minutes of reading down to 3 minutes for $12/month.
  • Siri AI — Apple's free, rebuilt conversational assistant runs a custom 1.2 trillion-parameter Google Gemini model and ships with iOS 27 in fall 2026.
  • Skilly — Voice-first AI tutor for macOS that watches your screen, points its cursor at UI elements, and teaches Figma, Blender, and After Effects.
  • Speak: AI Language Learning Tutor — AI language tutor built around speaking practice rather than flashcards, from Speakeasy Labs. Seven languages, 15M+ downloads. No free tier and no published prices — a 7-day trial, then Premium or Premium Plus quoted in-app by region.
  • Speechify — Text-to-speech app that reads PDFs, web pages and book photos aloud in 1,000+ voices on seven platforms, plus voice typing and an AI assistant.
  • Speechmatics — Speech-to-text API from Cambridge UK covering 55+ languages. Medical model at 93% accuracy, on-prem deployment. Free 4 hrs/month, on-demand from $2.75/hr.
  • Tandem Health — AI medical scribe from Stockholm that turns consultations into notes and referrals; trusted by 10,000+ European care organisations, with a free plan.
  • TurboScribe — Flat-rate AI transcription on OpenAI's Whisper that takes 50 uploads at once, with a free tier and a paid plan, but no API.
  • Typecast — AI voice generator from Seoul's Neosapience with per-line emotion controls and voice cloning, from a free plan to a $69 team plan.
  • Vapi — Voice AI platform where developers bring their own LLM, speech-to-text and telephony; Amazon Ring picked it over 40 rivals in 2026.
  • Vocapable — AI receptionist for incoming calls and outbound calling for sales, shifts and feedback, on six published monthly plans with usage billed per AI minute.
  • Voice.ai — Voice changer with apps for 4 platforms, plus voice cloning, text to speech and AI phone agents on one shared credit balance.
  • Voicemod — Real-time voice changer for Discord, OBS and game chat on Windows and macOS, with 15+ themed soundboards. Free tier, or PRO for every voice.
  • WatchNow AI — AI-powered movie and TV show recommendation tool by Working Theory LLC that uses natural language queries to find what to watch next. Free to use, with an optional one-time lifetime upgrade.
  • Weekend — Weekend turns 4 smart TV platforms, Roku, Fire TV, Samsung and LG, into voice-controlled AI game consoles for Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune and Song Quiz.
  • WellSaid — Studio text-to-speech built on licensed voice actor recordings: hundreds of voices, AI Director tone controls, a REST API and an MCP server.
  • Wispr Flow — AI voice dictation app that dictates at up to 220 words per minute and reformats it for whichever app you're typing into, on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.
  • Wrtn — Wrtn, from a Seoul startup founded in 2021, is a Korean-first AI superapp bundling free chat, search, image generation and character chat.
  • voize — Voice documentation app for nursing homes: caregivers speak into a phone and voize files structured EHR entries, used in 2,000+ facilities.

Conversational and Voice pricing at a glance

Paid plans in Conversational and Voice start at $12 per month, with a median entry point of $39, and the highest published ceiling reaching $1,320. Figures cover the 4 of 73 listings that publish a price; the rest quote on request or bundle the tool into a wider plan. If budget is the constraint, 58 listings offer a free tier.

Where these tools run

Across the 73 Conversational and Voice listings, 64 run in the browser, 20 ship a Windows build, 22 ship a macOS build, 43 offer a mobile app. Check platform support before shortlisting — it is the constraint most often discovered late.

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Frequently asked questions

How many tools are there in Conversational and Voice?

HokAI currently lists 73 active entries in Conversational and Voice. Each is verified against the vendor's own pages and re-checked as those pages change, so the count moves as the category does.

Which tools are listed under Conversational and Voice?

Abridge, Arena (formerly LMArena), Ask Julie, AssemblyAI and Bolna AI, among the 73 entries in this section. Each links through to a full profile covering what it does, how it is priced where that is published, and how it compares with the alternatives in the same category.

Are there free Conversational and Voice options?

Yes — 58 of the 73 listings in Conversational and Voice publish a free tier. Free tiers here usually cap usage volume or hold back the higher-end features rather than expiring, so they suit evaluation before committing.

How much do Conversational and Voice tools cost?

Published paid plans start at $12 per month, with the highest published ceiling at $1,320. That covers the 4 of 73 listings that publish a price — the remainder quote on request or fold the tool into a broader contract.

Do Conversational and Voice tools work on mobile?

43 of the 73 listings in Conversational and Voice offer an iOS or Android app; 64 run in the browser, which in practice covers mobile through a responsive interface even without a native app.