Fact · Dictation software
The hns documentation says audio is processed locally and that no data leaves your device.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“Audio is processed entirely on your local machine using local Whisper. No data leaves your device”
Welcome to hns Documentation, primaprashant, hns project (hns-cli.dev), 2026, Highlights: 100% Local Speech Recognition.
Open the original- What it measures
- The second sentence of the documentation's local recognition highlight. The homepage says the same in its Control Your Data section.
- What it does not show
- The page describes the tool, not a server. It does not say what the project would store if a future version added an online service.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as hns: audio kept local: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- hns
- Feature
- Keeps audio on the maker's servers
- Detail
- no servers, local only
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not