Fact · Dictation software
01 = yes, 0 = no
Echo's product page says it does not run a local speech model in its current release, so speech recognition is not done on the device.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“It does not run a local speech model in this release.”
Echo - voice dictation and transcription for macOS, konovalov.ai, konovalov.ai, 2026, Product page, Why Echo is API-first today.
Open the original- What it measures
- Echo sends audio from the Mac to the OpenAI or Grok API the user chooses, and that provider does the recognition.
- What it does not show
- The privacy policy says transcription may happen locally with a local provider. The current release offers none, so this row counts the product page's statement.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Echo Dictation, speech on device: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Echo Dictation
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- API mode: OpenAI or Grok
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not.