Fact · Dictation software
No
Speakmac's privacy policy says the Clean Up Dictation pass does not upload the transcript.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 25, 2026
In the source's own words
“If you turn on Clean Up Dictation, Speakmac applies a local finishing pass after transcription to improve punctuation, casing, filler words, and paragraphing before paste. It does not upload the transcript for cleanup.”
Speakmac privacy policy, Speakmac, 2026, Privacy policy, How we use your data (Clean Up Dictation).
Open the original- What it measures
- The policy says Clean Up Dictation is off by default, and that supported English transcripts are processed locally after you download the cleanup model.
- What it does not show
- The page does not describe the cleanup model as AI. It says the model is for punctuation, casing, filler words and paragraphing.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Speakmac: cleanup text stays local: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Speakmac
- Feature
- Sends text to a third-party AI
- Detail
- cleanup runs on the Mac
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not