Fact · Dictation software
No
Natter's README says nothing the user says leaves the Mac, and that the app has no cloud transcription.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026
In the source's own words
“Nothing you say leaves your Mac ... There is no account, cloud transcription, telemetry”
iannuttall/natter: README, Ian Nuttall, GitHub, 2026, 'Nothing you say leaves your Mac' section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The writing models named in the README run on the Mac, so text does not go to an outside AI service.
- What it does not show
- The row reads the statement that nothing leaves the Mac as covering the text sent to the writing models.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Natter: no text leaves the Mac: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Natter
- Feature
- Sends text to a third-party AI
- Detail
- Local models only
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not