Fact · Dictation software
EnviousWispr's home page says both speech engines run locally on Apple Silicon, so the audio stays on the Mac.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“Both engines run locally on Apple Silicon, so your audio stays on your Mac.”
EnviousWispr: Free Private AI Dictation for macOS, Envious Labs, 2026, Local speech engines.
Open the original- What it measures
- The section compares Parakeet and Whisper, the two local engines.
- What it does not show
- The page covers Apple Silicon Macs (M1 or later) only.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as EnviousWispr: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- EnviousWispr
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Both engines run locally on Apple Silicon
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this