Fact · Dictation software
11 = yes, 0 = no
SOND's privacy policy says transcript passages go to Alibaba Cloud for fallback analysis, the search index and chat.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Alibaba Cloud (DashScope, Singapore region): transcript passages for fallback analysis, the search index and chat.”
SOND Privacy Policy, Evdokimov.ai, 2026, Service providers section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The policy's service providers list gives this entry for Alibaba Cloud.
- What it does not show
- The policy also says Google's Gemini API analyses transcripts to write summaries, so more than one AI provider receives text.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as SOND: text to third-party AI: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- SOND
- Feature
- Sends text to a third-party AI
- Detail
- Transcripts go to Alibaba Cloud Qwen and Google Gemini
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this