Fact · Dictation on Mac
In the macOS Sonoma 14 Dictation guide, when you dictate on an Intel-based Mac, your dictated utterances are sent to Apple to process your requests.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“When you dictate on an Intel-based Mac or in a language that doesn’t support on-device dictation, your dictated utterances are sent to Apple to process your requests.”
Dictate messages and documents on Mac (Mac User Guide, macOS Sonoma 14), Apple, n.d., Paragraph on where dictation is processed.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same sentence adds a second case: a language without on-device dictation is also sent to Apple.
- What it does not show
- The page does not give the Intel rule in its own heading. The statement applies to Sonoma and says nothing about later releases.