Fact · Dictation software
11 = yes, 0 = no
Overhear's page says its voice never leaves the Mac and that transcription runs locally with Whisper or Parakeet.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026
In the source's own words
“Your voice never leaves your Mac. Transcription runs locally, on Whisper or Parakeet.”
Overhear: native, private, always-on dictation for macOS, Rafal Cymerys, 2026, Section 'Three things it's good at', under 'Multilingual input'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The Models section says the Whisper and Parakeet models all run on the Mac's Apple Neural Engine.
- What it does not show
- The page does not say which Mac models or macOS versions beyond macOS 14 on Apple silicon are supported.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Overhear: on-device speech: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Overhear
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Whisper or Parakeet on the Mac
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this. The quoted sentences say the voice never leaves the Mac and transcription runs locally.