Fact · Dictation software
Yes
SnailText's privacy policy says speech recognition runs on the device and audio is never sent to its servers or any third party.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Speech recognition runs on your device. Audio is processed by a local Whisper model and never sent to our servers or any third party.”
SnailText privacy policy, SnailText, 2026, Privacy policy, the short version.
Open the original- What it measures
- The policy names the local Whisper model; the home page also says it is on your device.
- What it does not show
- The pricing FAQ also describes an opt-in cloud speech option that uses the user's own API key. It is not the default, but the never-sent line describes the default setup.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as SnailText: speech on device: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- SnailText
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- local Whisper model
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this