Fact · Dictation software
No
Natter's README says nothing the user says leaves the Mac, and that the app has no account, cloud transcription or telemetry.
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 section lists what the app does not have, as a privacy statement.
- What it does not show
- The README has no sentence on model training. This row reads the statement as meaning no recordings reach the maker.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Natter: nothing leaves the Mac: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Natter
- Feature
- Recordings can train the maker's models
- Detail
- No account or telemetry
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not