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Kajo vs Spokenly

Spokenly does one job well: press a key, speak, and text appears at your cursor — locally if you choose, on macOS, Windows, Linux, and iOS, with file transcription and subtitle export on the side. Kajo solves the next job — what happens to the audio you keep: import it, transcribe and summarise it on your machine, file it into folders, and ask a folder — or, with a confirm, the whole library — with cited answers. One $49 purchase unlocks unlimited imports and Lifetime convenience (watch folders, batch export) — one payment, no subscription.

Spokenly turns speech into text at your cursor. Kajo turns the recordings you keep into a private library you can ask with citations. You can run both side by side.

Kajo Voice cited chat over a local library of recordings, as a Spokenly alternative
Recordings filed into a local library with cited answers — the archive step after dictation.

Why people choose Kajo over Spokenly

  • Built for recordings, not dictation

  • Ask a folder, with citations

  • Speaker labels and summaries

  • REFI-QDA export built in

  • Both local, both offline

  • Your installed version keeps working

Kajo vs Spokenly: side by side

Feature Kajo Spokenly
Primary job A searchable archive of recordings Voice-to-text dictation
Runs locally Yes — always Yes (local-only mode)
File transcription Yes, with speaker labels and summaries Yes, with subtitle export
Chat across recordings Yes — on your machine, with citations Not listed
Plans Free, then $49 launch / $99 standard Free with unlimited local models; Pro $9.99/month or $99.99/year
Platforms macOS, Windows, Linux macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS

Three reasons Kajo exists

  1. Local-first / private by default

    Your audio never leaves your laptop.

    Audio is transcribed on-device — there is no cloud-processing path. Private by architecture.

  2. Cross-platform, including Linux

    Mac, Windows, and Linux — one product, three operating systems.

    Native installers for all three. Linux is a first-class target, not a port — the only local audio knowledge base that takes it seriously.

  3. Cited chat

    Ask questions across your archive — get cited answers.

    Chat with your entire library using a local model. Every answer links back to the exact moment in the recording — no copy/paste.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kajo a Spokenly alternative?

It overlaps on local transcription, but the job is different. Spokenly is voice-to-text dictation into whatever app you are in; Kajo turns recordings into a searchable library with cited chat. Many people run a dictation tool and Kajo side by side.

Does Kajo do system-wide dictation like Spokenly?

No. Kajo is built around importing audio into a searchable library, not typing into the app in front of you. If you want fast voice typing everywhere, keep a dedicated dictation tool.

Does Kajo run on Linux like Spokenly?

Yes — both do. Kajo ships .deb, .rpm, AppImage, and tar.gz for x86_64 and ARM64.

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