Fact · Dictation software
01 = yes, 0 = no
Echo's privacy policy says Echo does not operate its own backend for storing recordings or transcripts, so it does not keep audio on its own servers.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Echo does not operate its own backend for storing your recordings or transcripts.”
Echo Privacy Policy, konovalov.ai, konovalov.ai, 2026, Data We Collect and Process.
Open the original- What it measures
- Cloud requests go directly from the Mac to the provider the user chose, not through the developer's servers.
- What it does not show
- The policy does not say how long OpenAI or xAI keep audio. It says those providers follow their own policies.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Echo Dictation, keeps audio on servers: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Echo Dictation
- Feature
- Keeps audio on the maker's servers
- Detail
- no Echo backend; audio goes to provider
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not.