Fact · Dictation software
1yes or no
open-wispr's page says its voice to text is entirely on-device.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 20, 2026
In the source's own words
“Voice to text, entirely on-device. Hold a key, speak, release. Your words appear at the cursor.”
open-wispr: Free Voice Dictation for macOS (100% Local, No Cloud), open-wispr (github.com/human37/open-wispr), 2026, Hero section.
Open the original- What it measures
- Product page hero text.
- What it does not show
- The model runs on the Mac through whisper.cpp with Metal acceleration.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as open-wispr: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- open-wispr
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- entirely on-device, whisper.cpp
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.