Fact · Dictation software
Sotto's privacy policy says text processed by a cloud AI provider is sent directly from the Mac to that provider.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“With a cloud provider, the text being processed is sent directly from your Mac to that provider.”
Privacy Policy | Sotto, Sotto (George Kitanov, sole proprietor), 2026, Section 2, 'AI text processing is optional'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The provider list includes OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral and OpenRouter, or a local model through Ollama or LM Studio.
- What it does not show
- This is optional. A local model through Ollama or LM Studio keeps the text on the user's machine.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Sotto: text to AI, optional: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Sotto
- Feature
- Sends text to a third-party AI
- Detail
- optional, your own API key
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this