Fact · Dictation software
Dictato's FAQ says the audio goes to a model running on the Mac, and the finished text lands at the cursor.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“The audio goes to a model running on your Mac and the finished text lands where your cursor already is.”
Dictato: Offline Dictation for Mac, Speech to Text, Dictato, 2026, FAQ: How does it work?.
Open the original- What it measures
- The FAQ describes the normal dictation path, with a menu bar icon and a hold-to-talk key.
- What it does not show
- The page also says the model downloads come from huggingface.co, once per model.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Dictato: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Dictato
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Model runs on the Mac
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this