Fact · Dictation software
Yes
The pricing page says dictation runs entirely on the Mac in Local Mode, so audio never leaves it.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dictation runs entirely on your Mac, so your audio never leaves it and works offline.”
Pricing | Epilude, Epilude (vendor website), 2026, Security & privacy, 'Local Mode (fully on-device)'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page's description of the Local Mode setting.
- What it does not show
- Cloud Mode is the default engine, so the on-device row depends on the user switching to Local Mode.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Epilude: on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Epilude
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Local Mode; cloud is the default
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this