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Kekoso says no audio ever leaves the user's machine, and no transcript does either unless the user turns on translation.

Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026

In the source's own words

“No audio ever leaves the machine, and no transcript does either”

Voice to Text for Mac: On-Device Dictation | Kekoso, Kekoso, 2026, Privacy section.

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What it measures
The maker's home page, in its privacy section. The page then says that translation is the exception, and that it sends text only.
What it does not show
The sentence is qualified in the same passage by a translation exception, which the translation row below records.

In the data

A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Kekoso, audio not on servers: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.

App
Kekoso
Feature
Keeps audio on the maker's servers
Detail
No audio leaves the machine
As of
2026-10
Note
0 means the maker's page says it does not. The quoted sentence on the page says it does not apply.

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