Fact · Dictation software
thinkur's FAQ says transcripts never leave the user's machine, so none go to a third-party AI through the app.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“Your audio and transcripts never leave your machine. No cloud. No analytics on your content.”
thinkur: Free Voice-to-Text for Mac, 100% Private, Open Source, jyo, 2026, FAQ: Is it safe for sensitive documents?.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same FAQ answer, read for transcripts.
- What it does not show
- The page's MCP feature lets ChatGPT and Claude read transcripts when the user connects them; the page does not describe the app sending text to them.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as thinkur: no text to third-party AI: 0 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- thinkur
- Feature
- Sends text to a third-party AI
- Detail
- transcripts never leave your machine
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 0 means the maker's page says it does not