Fact · Dictation software
MacParakeet says its core speech recognition runs on the Apple Silicon chip in your Mac, with no cloud speech servers.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“Core speech recognition runs on your Apple Silicon chip. No cloud STT servers.”
MacParakeet: Local Dictation & Meeting Recording for Mac, MacParakeet, MacParakeet, 2026, Home page, Your audio never leaves your Mac.
Open the original- What it measures
- The home page's section on privacy. The app requires macOS 14.2 or later on Apple Silicon, so the claim applies to those Macs.
- What it does not show
- Optional cloud AI features send transcript text, not audio, to a provider the user picks. That is a separate row.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as MacParakeet, on-device speech: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- MacParakeet
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Apple Silicon Macs
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this