Fact · Dictation software
0yes or no
SpeakType's home page says nothing leaves the device after on-device transcription.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“On-device AI transcribes your speech in real-time, entirely on your Apple Silicon chip. Nothing leaves your device.”
SpeakType: privacy-first offline voice dictation for macOS, SpeakType, 2026, Process step.
Open the original- What it measures
- Step two of the 'How it works' section on the home page.
- What it does not show
- The page describes transcription only. It does not discuss any future assistant or cleanup features.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as SpeakType: nothing leaves device: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- SpeakType
- Feature
- Sends text to a third-party AI
- Detail
- All processing on the Mac
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says the app does not do this