Fact · Dictation software
1yes or no
Speed of Sound's FAQ says cloud connectivity is optional and can happen at transcription and at text polishing with an LLM.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 20, 2026
In the source's own words
“Cloud connectivity is optional and can happen at two points in the pipeline: transcription (ASR) and text polishing (LLM).”
Speed of Sound FAQ, Antonio Zugaldia, Speed of Sound, 2026, FAQ, Does my audio or text get sent to the cloud?.
Open the original- What it measures
- The FAQ answer on whether audio or text goes to the cloud.
- What it does not show
- The FAQ says neither point is enabled unless the user configures it. The home page names Anthropic, Google and OpenAI as providers.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Speed of Sound: optional cloud AI: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Speed of Sound by zugaldia
- Feature
- Sends text to a third-party AI
- Detail
- optional, when you add API keys
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this.