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Cadenza uses macOS Accessibility to find the focused text field and type its recognized text into it.

Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026

In the source's own words

“Cadenza uses Accessibility only to find the focused text field and type your text into it.”

Privacy promise | Cadenza, Cadenza (DragonKingIO, GitHub Pages), 2026, Typing into other apps.

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What it measures
The privacy promise says Cadenza never types into password fields. The home page says the recognized text appears at the cursor.
What it does not show
The page says the focused text field, not the words any app. Its wording covers the text fields of other apps, but it does not list which apps were tested.

In the data

A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Cadenza: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.

App
Cadenza
Feature
Types into any app
Detail
focused text field, through Accessibility
As of
2026-10
Note
1 means the maker's page says the app does this.

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