Fact · Voice privacy and security
Apple says that if you allow apps to use Speech Recognition for transcription, the audio to be transcribed may be sent to Apple.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“if you choose to allow apps to use Speech Recognition for transcription, the audio data to be transcribed may be sent to Apple”
Siri, Dictation & Privacy, Apple, Apple, 2026, Section 'Third-Party Apps', Siri, Dictation & Privacy.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is Apple's own description of the Speech Recognition permission that apps can request. Apple's page also says you can review which apps use Siri for transcription in Settings under Privacy & Security, then Speech Recognition.
- What it does not show
- The wording says 'may'. It does not say which apps send audio, or whether a given app uses Apple's on-device engine. Apple's developer documentation describes a separate transcriber that does not send audio to Apple's servers, so the app's own design decides the outcome.