Fact · Dictation software
1yes or no
open-wispr's page says dictation makes zero network requests and involves no cloud.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 20, 2026
In the source's own words
“Audio is recorded to a temp file, transcribed locally, and deleted. Zero network requests. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud.”
open-wispr: Free Voice Dictation for macOS (100% Local, No Cloud), open-wispr (github.com/human37/open-wispr), 2026, Private feature.
Open the original- What it measures
- Product page, Private section, describing how a dictation is handled on the Mac.
- What it does not show
- The page never uses the word offline. The row reads 'zero network requests' as working without a connection. The default model downloads on first launch, which needs a connection once.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as open-wispr: works offline: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- open-wispr
- Feature
- Works offline
- Detail
- zero network requests while dictating
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.