Handy is an amazing cross-platform app for dictation from the author. There are other awesome open-source dictation tools as well like native macOS ones. You do not need SaaS subscription in this day and age for transcription.
I maintain this list of all the best open-source ones in this awesome-style GitHub repo. People looking for open-source dictation tools, hope you find something that works for you here:
Any that also support translation? How much harder/ easier of a problem is local translation compared to transcription?