Fact · Dictation software
No
Talkpad's privacy policy says audio is sent to its transcription API, so speech is not processed on the device.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Your audio is sent over an encrypted connection (TLS) to our transcription API.”
Talkpad Privacy Policy, Illumentis Pty Ltd, 2026, Privacy policy, section 4 Audio Processing.
Open the original- What it measures
- The policy's audio section, which lists the transcription path for each platform.
- What it does not show
- The page says mobile audio goes to ElevenLabs and desktop may use Microsoft Azure Speech as a fallback; it does not describe an on-device recognizer.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Talkpad: speech on device: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Talkpad
- Feature
- Speech processed on the device
- Detail
- Audio sent to transcription API
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not.