Fact · Dictation software
Kekoso says recognition keeps working at full quality with the network off, because the model is on the user's Mac.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026
In the source's own words
“Kekoso keeps working, at full quality, because the model was never anywhere else.”
Voice to Text for Mac: On-Device Dictation | Kekoso, Kekoso, 2026, Privacy section, 'Take the unplug test'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The maker's home page, in its privacy section, which describes turning off Wi-Fi and dictating.
- What it does not show
- The claim is about recognition. Translation is a separate network feature, off by default.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Kekoso, speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Kekoso
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Model runs on the Mac
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this. The quoted sentence on the page says it does apply.