Fact · Dictation software
Openbroca's privacy policy says the app sends your audio to a third-party AI provider for speech recognition.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“When you dictate, the App captures audio from your microphone and sends it to a third-party AI provider for speech recognition.”
Openbroca Privacy Policy, Openbroca, 2026, Privacy Policy, "Voice recordings".
Open the original- What it measures
- Section on voice recordings in the privacy policy.
- What it does not show
- The policy does not say the provider is outside the device for every language or setting.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Openbroca: speech off device: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Openbroca
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- audio sent to a third-party AI provider
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not