Fact · Dictation software
No
Talkpad's help page says cloud transcription needs internet access.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Talkpad needs internet access for cloud transcription. If you use a VPN, proxy, firewall, or security tool, allow talkpad.ai and api.talkpad.ai.”
Help for Talkpad in developer tools, IDEs, and everyday apps, Illumentis Pty Ltd, 2026, Help page, Connection issue section.
Open the original- What it measures
- Talkpad's help page for connection problems, which describes the app's cloud transcription.
- What it does not show
- The page does not say the app has no offline mode at all; it only describes cloud transcription.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Talkpad: works offline: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Talkpad
- Feature
- Works offline
- Detail
- Cloud transcription needs internet
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not.