Fact · Dictation software
Dictately's privacy policy says transcription runs locally on an Apple Silicon Mac when English is selected and the on-device model has downloaded.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“If you are on an Apple Silicon Mac, have explicitly selected English as your dictation language, and the on-device model has finished downloading, transcription runs locally.”
Dictately Privacy Policy, Dictately, Dictately, 2026, Section 1.1, 'On your Mac'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The policy says every other case, including auto-detect, non-English, Intel Macs and times when the model is unavailable, goes to a third-party provider.
- What it does not show
- Only English on Apple Silicon Macs runs on the device, so the row is 1 with that limit in the detail.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Dictately: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Dictately
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- English on Apple Silicon Mac only
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this