Fact · Dictation software
11 = yes, 0 = no
AriaType's privacy policy says its speech recognition is performed locally on the user's device.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 23, 2026
In the source's own words
“Speech recognition and text processing are performed locally on your device using offline models.”
Privacy Policy, AriaType, AriaType, 2026, Privacy Policy, first paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same sentence as the offline fact, read for the speech step alone. The policy's opening sentence says that by default it does not collect, store or transmit voice data.
- What it does not show
- The README says the user can connect a cloud speech provider, which would send speech off the device. The row describes the default and the maker's statement for on-device speech recognition.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as AriaType: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- AriaType
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- local; cloud speech optional
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.